PM of Moldova to Visit Estonia
Moldovan Prime Minister Vladimir Filat will be in Estonia for an official visit from October 18 to 20.
Prime minister Filat will be accompanied by a delegation of ministers including foreign minister, defense minister, minister of social affairs, minister of education, minister of environmental affairs, as well as other high-ranking state officials.
Filat has meetings scheduled with President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, and Speaker of Parliament Ene Ergma. He will also pay a visit to the EU Center of Eastern Partnership in Tallinn, the e-Governance Academy, and Muuga Harbor, and deliver a lecture at the Foreign Ministry at an event organized by the Foreign Policy Institute.
During the visit, a bilateral agreement on social security and an agreement on cooperation in the fields of education and culture will be signed. Ministries of defense and of environmental affairs are also expected to sign memoranda of cooperation.
The visit also coincides with a training course organized in Tallinn by the Center of Eastern Partnership, Estonian School of Diplomacy, and the Clingendael Institute of the Netherlands for eight foreign service diplomats and Reintegration Office personnel from Moldova. The goal of the course is to share international experience in carrying out bilateral and multilateral negotiations within the context of a regional conflict.
Erkki Sivonen