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Ambassador Kent Longsdon: US and Moldova have much to celebrate together

Moldova (bbabo.net), - As US Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova Kent Longsdon said in a video message in Romanian, “The United States and the Republic of Moldova have much to celebrate and do together.” The appeal was published on the US Embassy Facebook page on the occasion of 30 anniversary of the establishment of partnership relations between the United States and the Republic of Moldova, ipn.md reports

The "important partnership between the United States and the Republic of Moldova" began as an agreement between governments, and was built through "bonds between people formed at that time".

Ambassador Kent Longsdon assured the citizens of the Republic of Moldova that he would help strengthen this partnership. The ten American ambassadors who preceded Kent Longsdon in the Republic of Moldova contributed to this goal.

“Our ties are getting stronger every year. Our partnership has helped us overcome the global pandemic together. The United States has provided vaccines that provide protection for hundreds of thousands of Moldovans,” the American diplomat said.

Kent Longsdon specified that since 1992 the United States has invested more than $1.5 billion in the Republic of Moldova in everything from roads and infrastructure to agriculture and academia.

“Thousands of lives of Moldovan citizens have been improved thanks to these projects.” “This is just the beginning. We will continue to build our partnership together on the basis of common values ​​and interests. I am confident that our partnership will grow and prosper over the next 30 years,” said Kent Longsdon.

The new US Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova presented his credentials to President Maia Sandu on 16 February. Kent Logsdon told the head of state that he "looks forward to strengthening the close partnership between our two countries."

On the occasion of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the partnership between the United States and the Republic of Moldova, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration issued a press release stating that “the United States is one of the main investors and development partners of the Republic of Moldova, providing the country with three decades of impressive technical, financial and development assistance.”

“On February 8, 1992, the Republic of Moldova and the United States of America established diplomatic relations, thus paving the way for building dynamic and steadily developing bilateral relations based on common values ​​such as adherence to democracy, building the rule of law and protecting human rights,” the cited a source.

Ambassador Kent Longsdon: US and Moldova have much to celebrate together