President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday in Vilnius that Romania supports and will support the Republic of Moldova in the context of the Russian attacks on Wednesday, which also affected the electricity supply in Moldova, but that direct connections between our country and Moldova are “completely insufficient”, the same concerns gas or road infrastructure, News.ro reports.

“Regarding the interconnection between Romania and Moldova. I said it, and so did the Government. Obviously, we are helping the Republic of Moldova. So far, we have delivered everything that was needed, that is, everything that was asked of us, but these syncopes in the power supply occur for a completely understandable reason, and I want to be a little more specific.

Direct connections with Romania and the Republic of Moldova are absolutely insufficient. This aspect has been neglected for years, and at the moment, even if Romania supplies electricity to Moldova, a large part goes through Ukraine and is therefore subject to these attacks,” said Klaus Iohannis, answering a question on Thursday in Vilnius whether Romania could support the Republic of Moldova in the long term electricity in the context of Russia’s attacks on Wednesday, which affected energy supplies across the Prut.

The head of state added that “there is only one way out.”

“More and better connections, direct connections, should be created between Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The same goes for gas, the same goes for road transport, and so on. I don’t want to explain why they haven’t been implemented yet.

The fact is that we are ready to help the Republic of Moldova, but the lack of any mutual relations is a real problem at the moment. There are plans, they are being worked on, and I hope that in a short time, not in a few weeks, but in a relatively short time, these things will be clearly improved, because in the medium and long term, we can help the Republic of Moldova only to the extent that in which these relationships are created,” added Iohannis.

Klaus Iohannis will pay an official visit to Lithuania on Thursday, where he will have meetings with President Gitanas Nauseda and Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania Viktoria Chmilite-Nielsen.

Maia Sandu headed the Security Council of the Republic of Moldova on Thursday

In the Republic of Moldova, a meeting of the Supreme Security Council convened by President Maia Sandu took place on Thursday, which discussed energy security risks after the destruction of energy infrastructure in Ukraine due to large-scale bombings that began in recent weeks. Federation, Russians were analyzed.

According to the press release of the presidency of Moldova, CSS members analyzed the information provided by the responsible institutions on the ground, including on the situation that developed after the complete blackout of electricity on Wednesday.

Maja Sandu appealed to all institutions to increase the level of vigilance to identify and quickly resolve incidents in the energy sector so that citizens and the business environment feel safe.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Council recommended to the Government of Moldova:

• to update the plan for reducing technical vulnerability regarding the supply of electricity and thermal energy;
• mobilize all power and thermal energy production capacities;
• to adapt the processes of organizing the development and implementation of policy in the energy sector;
• to provide real-time communication with critical infrastructure operators in the public and private sectors.