Cea mai importanta intalnire a anului

As readers of this blog and followers of Moldovan news know, Russia outlawed the importing of Moldovan and Georgian wine in April this year. With grape-picking season approaching, many wineries are getting ready to scale down or completely close their operations for the year. Now, there's some hope that they won't have to.

Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin went to Moscow Tuesday and met with President Vladimir Putin to discuss, among other things, wine and agri-food exports to Russia, gas imports to Moldova and the Transnistrian conflict.

Voronin sounded positive after the meeting, saying, "The meeting had an extremely friendly and favourable character, and its outcomes make us optimistic about the settlement of considered problems. The meeting is a serious step taken to thaw our countries strategic relations."

Hopefully, the wine and gas issues can be resolved before the fall. Otherwise, Moldovans won't have the wine industry's income and won't be able to afford to heat their houses with gas that is too expensive.

Read the full moldova.org article here.