Moldova is willing to start negotiations on ending roaming charges with Turkey and finalize as soon as feasible the ratification procedure for the mutual recognition of driving licenses. This was stated by Moldova’s foreign minister Nicu Popescu during a meeting in Chisinau with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. moldova turkey roaming

During the meeting, Nicu Popescu put an emphasis on economic diplomacy and noted that Turkey continues to be a key trade partner for Moldova, being the fourth leading destination for products manufactured in Moldova. In this context, the officials agreed on the need to organize in the near future a new meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation.

During the plenary meeting, the two delegations also examined the political and security situation in the region, including the Transnistrian conflict settlement process, as well as issues related to interaction and mutual support on regional platforms and initiatives, such as the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), but also cooperation within international organizations.

Nicu Popescu expressed the Moldovan Government’s gratitude for the valuable financial and technical assistance offered by Turkey through its Cooperation and Coordination Agency TIKA in such areas as education, health care, and environment protection, as well as for the help provided by the Turkish people during the coronavirus pandemic.

Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu invited Nicu Popescu to mark the 30th anniversary of bilateral relations in 2022 with a visit to Turkey, which the latter accepted.

Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The capital and largest city is Chișinău. The estimated population of Moldova is 3.55 million.  moldova turkey roaming

The mobile telephone market of Moldova is divided between two GSM carriers – Orange Moldova and Moldcell, and two CDMA carriers – Unité and Interdnestrcom.

Turkey is a transcontinental country located mainly on the peninsula of Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It shares borders with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea to the west. Turks form the vast majority of the nation’s population and Kurds are the largest minority. Turkey’s capital is Ankara, while its largest city and financial centre is Istanbul. The current population of Turkey is 85,583,174.

Turkey’s mobile phone companies are Turkcell, Vodaphone and Türk Telekom.

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