The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament will render assistance to the Moldovan legislative forum to help make more efficient the work of the Parliament’s apparatus and the forum’s standing committees at decision-making.

The Swedish EU presidency presumes the Republic of Moldova may be admitted to the European Union even before Western Balkan states, Moldova’s Acting President, Parliament Chairman Mihai Ghimpu stated to the press after his meeting with the First Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag parliament] of Sweden, Jan Bjorkman.

Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen will visit Belgrade on December 16. The Netherlands is opposed to the implementation of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between Serbia and the European Union before the remaining two Hague fugitives have been extradited.