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Moldova s Sandu to Start 2-Day Visit to Germany on Wednesday Mon 17th May 2021 | 08:32 PM
Moldovan President Maia Sandu will embark on her working trip to Germany on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation, trade and economic ties, as well as regional developments with senior German officials, the presidential press service said on Monday
CHISINAU (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th May, 2021) Moldovan President Maia Sandu will embark on her working trip to Germany on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation, trade and economic ties, as well as regional developments with senior German officials, the presidential press service said on Monday. Sandu will pay an official visit to Berlin on May 19-20 at the invitation of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to give an impetus to bilateral relations between the countries, the press service said in a statement.
Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic has sparked a public debate that matches the drama of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film “Saving Private Ryan”. In the movie, a group of US soldiers in Normandy cross enemy lines to save American paratrooper James Ryan. The mission is filled with danger, but the officer in command orders them to take the risk out of a desire to spare Ryan’s mother the loss of her fourth son.
In Montenegro’s real-world drama, Abazovic recently suggested to the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs that the European Union should embark on a rescue mission to refinance Montenegro’s $1 billion debt to the Export-Import Bank of China – a debt that the country incurred to pay for a highway, and that comes due in July this year. Abazovic’s intervention came across as a spontaneous gaffe rather than a serious request. Nevertheless, it was widely interpreted as a signal that Montenegro cannot repay the loan, shaking investors
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The EU put sanctions in place against China, which retaliated with its own sanctions. But the fate of the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), which was agreed in principle in December, has been in the balance as relationships have deteriorated. The EU, US, Canada and Britain sanctioned four Chinese officials in March. China retaliated by sanctioning a host of MPs including five members of the European Parliament. Early on Wednesday morning Australian time, Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis told Agence France-Presse the EU Commission had suspended “political outreach activities” as a result of the sanctions.