Six Romanians were prohibited access into the neighboring Republic of Moldova at border point Leuseni under the pretext they lacked medical papers to prove HIV negative, after other similar incidents happened this week.
Five
days ago 50 youngsters were forbidden access to Moldova where they
planned to join an election meeting of the Liberal Democrat Party
there. At the same time two Romanians were kicked out from Moldova
accused of semi-hooliganism. The two are set to inform the European
Court of Human Rights.
Next
week, on April 5, parliamentary elections are to take place in the
Republic Moldova, a country made up of Romanian ethnics and Russians,
whose relationship with neighbor Romania have been see-sawing. The
country is ruled by the communist party, headed by Vladimir Voronin,
the state’s president since 2001.
A
week ago, Romania’s ambassador to Moldova, Filip Teodorescu, was called
to the ministry and asked to transmit a message to Romanian authorities
requiring them to prohibit the leave of groups of people to Moldova,
before elections. The Moldovan authorities reasoned that thus street
protests which could lead to violence will be avoided.
Earlier
today, the Romanian foreign minister Cristian Diaconescu announced he
asked the Moldovan counterpart to give explanations on the situation of
Romanians stopped at the border.
The
country, which was part of Romania until the 1940s and now borders the
European Union, saw foreign direct investment more than double in 2007,
but still has major economic problems to cushion. The country has the
lowest gross domestic product per capita in Europe, according to
Bloomberg data.
