At an international donor conference for Moldova are dem A total of 600 million euros in aid has been promised to neighboring Ukraine. “Moldova will not be left alone,” said Romania’s host Foreign Minister, Bogdan Aurescu, in Bucharest on Friday. Germany wants to support the Eastern European country with “up to 77 million euros”. Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) pointed out that Moldova has taken in a particularly large number of refugees from Ukraine.
Moldova’s President Maia Sandu said via video message during the conference: “Moldova is a small country and the scale of the challenges we are facing today exceed our ability to face them alone.”
According to Baerbock, the Federal Republic wants 40 million euros to cushion the high energy costs for particularly poor households provide in the Eastern European country. The energy issue is “a key security issue,” said Baerbock in Bucharest. In relation to the number of inhabitants, Moldova “accepted the most refugees from Ukraine”. At the same time, the inflation rate in the country is 29 percent.
Germany is also supporting Moldova in the Secure its border and provide the country with drones, night vision goggles and vehicles ready, added the minister. The Budget Committee of the Bundestag still has to approve the financial aid.
At the press conference, Baerbock also announced that it further donor conferences for Moldova “later in the year” in Paris and next year in the Moldovan capital Chisinau. Since many refugees will not be able to return to Ukraine any time soon, it is important to switch to “medium-term integration of refugees and long-term support” for Moldova as a host society, said the German Foreign Minister.