Greece – Moldova cultural cooperation – Lina Mendoni’s visit to Chisinau

The request to fortify taste ties betwixt Greece and Moldova—relations characterized by a tone of practice and friendship—was highlighted during the moving sojourn of Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni to Chișinău. As portion of the visit, she held talks with Moldova’s President Maia Sandu, Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu, Minister of Culture Cristian Jardan, arsenic good arsenic the President and members of the Parliamentary Committee connected Culture, Education, Research, Sports, Youth and Media.

Lina Mendoni and Cristian Jardan signed a Memorandum of Understanding successful the tract of preservation, conservation, and restoration of Moldova’s taste heritage.

Lina Mendoni with Moldova’s Minister of Culture Cristian Jardan

During the gathering betwixt the Minister of Culture and President Maia Sandu—also attended by Minister Cristian Jardan—the value of civilization arsenic a privileged tract of practice betwixt the 2 countries was reaffirmed, some arsenic a operator of Moldova’s improvement and arsenic a means of strengthening antiauthoritarian values and nationalist identity. The anticipation of transferring know-how successful the preservation and restoration of Moldova’s taste assets, peculiarly the historical buildings of Chișinău, was emphasized. It was agreed that Greece would enactment the promotion of taste sites and landmarks successful bid to boost Moldova’s taste tourism.

Additionally, the Ministry of Culture agreed to nonstop experts to assistance successful the improvement and promotion of museums, including done their integer transformation. It was besides agreed that Greece would enactment Moldova successful the process of including its monuments connected the UNESCO World Heritage List and successful the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe.

During the lengthy bilateral gathering betwixt the 2 Ministers of Culture, the Memorandum of Understanding connected issues of conservation and restoration of taste practice was signed. The Moldovan broadside showed peculiar involvement successful the transportation of know-how regarding the interaction of clime alteration connected taste heritage, with Greece’s National Strategy serving arsenic a cardinal notation point, arsenic good arsenic successful the Cultural Prescription program, which the Greek Ministry of Culture is implementing with notable success. At the aforesaid time, the 2 sides discussed practice connected modernizing Moldova’s archaeological legislation, based connected Greece’s acquisition and expertise.

A cardinal taxable successful Lina Mendoni’s discussions with Cristian Jardan was the documentation and utilization of taste practice linked to the historical Greek beingness successful Moldova. “The 2 ministries volition cooperate to item and beforehand the footprint of Hellenism dating backmost to the 18th and 19th centuries, for the payment of some countries,” the 2 Culture Ministers clarified.

Finally, Lina Mendoni welcomed the teaching of the Greek connection astatine the State University of Moldova, an inaugural that strengthens acquisition cooperation.

The substantive relation of parliaments successful strengthening relations betwixt the 2 countries was discussed during Lina Mendoni’s gathering with Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu, who has precocious visited Greece, arsenic good arsenic the value of the Greece–Moldova Friendship Committee successful promoting the humanities ties betwixt the 2 nations.

During the gathering betwixt the Minister of Culture and the Parliamentary Committee connected Culture, Education, Research, Youth, Sports and Media, the historically precocious level of bilateral relations was emphasized—further accelerated pursuing the constitution of the Greek Embassy successful Chișinău 2 years ago—while the relation of parliamentary committees successful shaping nationalist taste argumentation and fostering person ties betwixt the 2 countries was highlighted.

Lina Mendoni expressed to Committee Chair Liliana Nicolauscu-Onofrei Greece’s enactment for the instauration of circumstantial “roadmaps” to guarantee tangible results. Also participating successful the talks were the Committee Secretary Marcela Adam and MPs Valentina Mesana, Diana Caraman, Maxim Potirniche, and Larisa Novak, the second besides serving arsenic seat of the Greece–Moldova parliamentary relationship group.

At the aforesaid time, the Minister of Culture visited the National Museum of History, wherever she toured the accumulation presenting the improvement of communities successful the portion from the Paleolithic epoch to the 13th period AD. The last halt of her sojourn was the Byzantine religion of Saint Panteleimon.

Throughout her sojourn to Chișinău, Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni was accompanied by Greece’s ambassador to Moldova, Nikolaos Krikos.