The Republic of Moldova is due to leave the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on February 8, but it needs to pay a membership fee debt of approximately 6.5 million Moldovan lei ($341,225) to complete the process. Deschide.md and Newsmaker.md report on Thursday, Agerpres takes over.

Chisinau, Republic of MoldovaPhoto: Alessandro Serrano’/AGF / Sipa Press / Profimedia

The draft decision on payment from the state budget for 2024 of membership quotas and debts of the Republic of Moldova to international organizations was developed by the Ministry of Finance in Chisinau and proposed for public discussion.

In general, 56.5 million lei (Moldovan) were provided for the payment of membership fees and debts to international organizations in the state budget. From this amount, 9.5 million lei will be allocated for the payment of membership fees to the Council of Europe, while a little more than 4.5 million lei was earmarked for the United Nations, the cited publication reports.

The debt of the Republic of Moldova to the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly is approximately 6,459,392 lei ($341,225).

“We emphasize that the payment of the debt to the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS is conditioned by the deadline (02.08.2024) for the completion of the process of denunciation of the membership of the Republic of Moldova,” the message reads. document of the Ministry of Finance from Chisinau.

The Republic of Moldova has the status of a member of 59 international and regional organizations, including 5 parliamentary organizations and 54 international organizations.

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Who is part of the CIS

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), consisting of former Soviet republics, was established on December 8, 1991, after the signing of the CIS Agreement by the presidents of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.

On December 21, 1991, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Ukraine signed the Alma-Ata Declaration on the Creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States. On January 22, 1993, at the CIS summit in Minsk, the Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States was adopted.

The Republic of Moldova ratified the Agreement on the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States by the Decision of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova dated April 8, 1994, and the Statute of the Commonwealth of Independent States was ratified by the Decision of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. of Moldova from April 26, 1994.

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