President of Moldova Igor Dodon intends to personally solve the problem of gas prices this year with Russia. He stated this on air on the RTR Moldova TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“They won’t solve the gas problem without me. Because you need to negotiate with the Russians. I need to personally talk to Putin about gas tariffs. This is a political issue, let's be honest. In order to get a 25-30% discount for gas (and we need such a discount, otherwise there will be an increase in tariffs), we appointed a person who is known at Gazprom - Vadim Cheban. I called Miller and agreed on his candidacy. He went through all their offices. He will now restore order,” Dodon said.
He explained that he intends to use the mechanisms of the EAEU.
“I spoke with Kozak and turned to the president. Russia gives a big discount to EAEU members, but we are observers. My task is to convince,” Dodon said.
Let us note that for all his attempts to achieve economic preferences from Russia, Dodon is in no hurry to abandon evasive rhetoric in the field of geopolitics.
Thus, he stated that Moldovan socialists are not pro-Russian or pro-Western, but pro-Moldavian and advocate the simultaneous development of relations with both the East and the West.
Dodon also put forward the thesis about “the neutrality of Moldova like Turkmenistan” (Turkmenistan is maximally isolated from the CIS institutions).
He also does not consider it necessary to withdraw from the Association Agreement with the EU.
“All agreements remain: with Europe, the Eurasian Economic Community, the CIS - we will be friends with everyone,” Dodon said after the parliamentary elections.