Moldovan Foreign Minister Niku Popescu announced his surprise resignation on Wednesday 24 January, confirming that he wanted to. “to pause” After intense months of work that led to the opening of accession talks with the European Union (EU). “It is with mixed emotions that I announce that I have decided to resign.”He told a press conference in the capital, Chisinau.
He promised to continue, “whatever the rank” That they will occupy by supporting the president, Maya Sandu, who will run for a second term at the end of the year. The 42-year-old officer, also the Deputy Prime Minister, has been actively carrying his country’s voice on the international stage since 2021.
In June, Moldova became a candidate for the EU
“We have succeeded in putting Moldova on the path to EU accession and on the map of an enlarged Europe. Goals that were out of reach two or three years ago., he recalled. This former Soviet republic of 2.6 million inhabitants, located between Romania and Ukraine, gained EU candidate status on June 23, 2022, beginning a long and complicated process with a view to membership.
The first symbolic step was taken in December 2023 when the Twenty-Sevens decided to start real negotiations. After that the President greeted “A New Page in History” A small country torn between East and West.
Nico Popescu, given a standing ovation by his colleagues at the opening of his last ministerial council, was also happy. “Leaved Moldova out of its dark hours, when diplomacy was in the service of oligarchs”. He will be replaced by 36-year-old Mihai Popsoi of the same pro-European Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), who is currently the deputy speaker of the parliament, while managing European affairs is handed over to Secretary of State Kristina Gerasimov.
