The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, on Friday published a message on the X platform (formerly Twitter), in which she welcomed the decision of the Kyiv authorities to recognize the Romanian language as the official language spoken by the Romanian minority in Ukraine, and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, publicly responded in – comments on the message , reports News.ro.

“I welcome the joint statement of President Zelenskyi and Prime Minister Marcel Ciolaka, which confirms the Romanian language as the official language for the Romanian community in Ukraine. An important movement that strengthens the unity of our countries,” Maya Sandu wrote on X.

The President of Ukraine publicly responded to Maya Sandu’s appeal. Volodymyr Zelenskyy highly appreciated the cooperation of Ukraine, Moldova and Romania, writes NewsMaker.

“Dear Maia Sandu, I am glad that our trilateral cooperation between Ukraine, Moldova and Romania is developing at a faster pace. Both our countries are going to join the EU. We must build our European future together and strengthen Europe,” Zelenskyy replied in X’s comment.

This week, on the occasion of a joint meeting of the governments of Romania and Ukraine, Kyiv adopted a decision according to which the language of the Romanian minority in Ukraine is Romanian, and not “Moldovan”, as it was before. During a joint press conference with his Ukrainian colleague Denis Shigal, Marcel Cholaku thanked him for the decision.

In March 2023, the parliamentary majority of Chisinau, represented by the “Action and Solidarity” party, adopted a bill that replaced the phrase “Moldovan language” with “Romanian language” in the Constitution and in all legislative acts. President Maia Sandu promulgated the law.