VIDEO The Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, explanations in Bucharest for “an expression out of context” to Romania: “Any regression worries us all very much”
The new Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Alexandru Munteanu, wanted to clarify on Thursday, at the Victoria Palace, a controversial statement he recently made in the Chisinau Parliament regarding the imbalances in the pension system in Romania. “Mr. Prime Minister, I recently had an expression out of context that generated many interpretations,” said the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova in a joint statement with Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan.
“I want you to know that Romania is so connected to our fate and we to Romania's fate that any success makes us happy and any setback worries us all very much. For many years in a row, especially since Romania joined the EU, we have followed with admiration and joy your progress, the pace with which the Romanian society was developing economically. Romania was a landmark for us and we rejoice together for it, and now in recent years we have also started to rejoice for the successes of Moldova”, declared the Moldovan Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu emphasized the fact that Romania has helped the Republic of Moldova many times.
“Our plan is to become a country that needs help, a state that will continue to contribute to regional security, to energy connectivity in this area, to European unity. With a constant helping hand from Romania, Moldova is building a road alongside the European states. We have a lot to do together and as we say: 'to more and to greater'”, said the Moldovan Prime Minister.
What a controversial statement the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova made
Alexandru Munteanu, the new Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, made a controversial statement during the session of the Parliament in Chisinau on October 31, 2025, according to Primanews.ro.
In the discussion with the communist deputy Andrei Godoroja about pensions and imbalances in the system, Munteanu stated that “the situation in Romania is much worse than here in the Republic of Moldova” and that this “pleases him”.
“We will certainly look at a total revision of everything that was and will be. I had the opportunity to talk with my counterpart from Romania, and the situation there is much worse than in the Republic of Moldova, and that makes me happy”, replied Alexandru Munteanu.
Deputy Godoroja had requested explanations regarding the discrepancies between the pensions of high dignitaries, civil servants with special status and retirees from the real sector, with an emphasis on those retired before 1999, whose situation is “deplorable”.
Alexandru Munteanu: Thanks to Romanian and European support, we no longer depend on Russian gas
Returning to the statements made on Thursday at the Victoria Palace, Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu thanked Romania for the support given to the electricity market. According to him, “Moldova managed in these years, thanks to the Romanian and European support, to no longer depend on Russian gas.
“We are becoming, from a vulnerable consumer, an active regional partner and a key partner, in the vertical gas corridor, which connects Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine. We want to expand cooperation. For us, the contract signed in the summer between Energocom and OMV Petrom, for accessing gas from Neptun Deep, is important. We invite companies on the Romanian market with experience in energy production and storage systems to participate in our tenders. We also expressed our intention to participate in the construction of the next block in Cernavodă”, he said, quoted by News.ro.
Ilie Bolojan: Romania will remain the strategic partner and closest supporter of the Republic of Moldova
For his part, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan declared, on Thursday, during the joint statements with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, that Romania was, is and will remain the strategic partner and closest supporter of the Republic of Moldova and they will maintain an extremely dynamic dialogue between the ministers, in order to continue and deepen the common projects.
Ilie Bolojan referred to the interconnection of energy and transport infrastructures, such as the Suceava-Bălţi power line, the rehabilitation and electrification of the Iasi-Ungheni railway connection, with European funds, the construction of the Ungheni bridge, which will be connected to the A8 highway, being the first bridge over the Prut built in the last 60 years, the facilitation of transit at border points, with the objective of reducing waiting time, an important thing for citizens and companies, in the context in which Romania is the most important commercial partner of the Republic of Moldova.
