The building of the residence of the President of Moldova in Chisinau. Archive photoCHISINAU, June 13 Chisinau is not yet ready to speak about the republic's withdrawal from the CIS, but this topic is being analyzed in the context of the country's European integration process, Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu said on Monday. Moldovan President Maia Sandu signed application for the republic's accession to the European Union on March 3. European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Oliver Varhelyi on April 11 in Luxembourg handed over questionnaires to the Foreign Ministers of Georgia and Moldova to start the procedure for joining the EU. Moldova handed over the first part of the questionnaire to the EU representative on April 22, the second on May 12. «We speak clearly. Our priority is European integration. Therefore, an analysis of the situation regarding the expediency of Moldova's membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States is already underway,» Popescu said on the air of the Chisinau TV channel PRO TV The minister said that Moldova has not been participating in the political initiatives of the CIS for a long time. «And most of the agreements within the Commonwealth pass through the» filter «of their compliance with our European aspirations,» Popescu said. the expediency of Moldova's participation in the CIS will be decided after the end of hostilities in Ukraine.
