The prime minister, Pavel Filip, will have a working visit to the headquarters of NATO in Brussels on Tuesday, where he will meet with NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, informs a press release of the Alliance.

The meeting takes place during the official visit of the Moldovan Prime Minister to Brussels, having scheduled meetings with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Parliament President, Martin Schulz and European Council President, Donald Tusk, the EU High Representative, Federica Mogherini commissioner for European neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, Johannes Hahn, Vice-President of the European Commission, in charge of Energy Union, Maroš Šefčovič European Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue as well as a Vice-President of the European Commission, Vladis Dombrovskis.

The visit of Pavel Filip to Brussels takes place in the context that in Moscow will take place on Tuesday, November 29, the meeting the of Moldovan-Russian intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation.

Official NATO and Moldova relations began in 1992 when Moldova joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council. Relations expanded when Moldova joined the Partnership for Peace programme in 1994.

It is worth mentioning that the revival of relations Moldova - NATO, was boosted when Defense Minister, Anatol Salaru took over position .

In 2016, Moldova has registered a premiere in relation to NATO for the first time, a final communiqué of the summit ally assigned a separate paragraph on Alliance's position towards Moldova.

Source: Caleaeuropeană.ro