The Ministry of Defense received the batch of medical equipment from Romania

CHISINAU, February 9, 2023 — Today, the ceremony of handing over and receiving the medical goods donated to the Republic of Moldova by the Romanian Government took place. The event took place at the Central Military Clinical Hospital (SCMC), in the presence of the Minister of Defense Anatolie Nosatîi, the Romanian ambassador in Chisinau, H.S. Cristian-Leon Țurcanu, military attachés accredited in the Republic of Moldova, representatives of the Material Reserve Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as personnel from the medical system of the defense institution.

In this context, Minister Nosatîi thanked the Romanian state for the important support given to the National Army by donating this batch of protective medical equipment. At the same time, the official mentioned that Romania, within the framework of the strategic partnership with the Republic of Moldova, has unconditionally granted several aids of this kind to our country since the beginning of the pandemic period, in order to strengthen the healthcare system of the Republic of Moldova.

For his part, the Romanian ambassador in Chisinau declared that this lot is part of the constant and consistent support that Romania gives to the Republic of Moldova in several fields, including the defense one. “I hope that this assistance will be really useful and I am very confident that the assistance coming from Bucharest for the Republic of Moldova will not stop here.”

The medical supplies include: 1,000 visors, 9,000 glove boxes, 2,000 protective plastic glasses, 3 million surgical masks, as well as 500,000 protective masks.

The total amount of the donation is over 7 million Romanian lei (the approximate equivalent of 30 million MDA lei). The batch of medical goods is to be distributed to the Central Military Clinical Hospital and the Material Reserve Agency.