“Sărac și curat” (“Poor but clean”),” Popşoi quoted Moldovan folklore.
At the same time, he said that Moldova’s state budget will save about 3.1 million lei in annual contributions as a result of leaving the CIS.
On Friday, March 20, the parliament voted by 59 votes in the first reading to denounce the Agreement on the Creation of the CIS and its Protocol.
“Withdrawal from the CIS is not an act of revenge. It is an act of liberation,” Popshoy said.
At the same time, bilateral and multilateral relations with the CIS states will be preserved. Besides, Moldova remains a party to agreements in the trade, economic and social sectors.
Olga Cebotari, PSRM deputy and former Moldovan representative in the CIS Executive Committee, announced that she had sent a request to the CIS to find out the organization’s official position on the remaining agreements, including the Free Trade Area Agreement.
“It turns out that we want to leave the CIS, but at the same time we want to fully retain all the advantages there,” Chebotari said.
