OREANDA-NEWS. February 07, 2011. The second meeting of the Moldovan-Czech joint commission for economic, industrial, technical and scientific cooperation ended by the signing of a protocol in Chisinau. Deputy Economics Minister Octavian Calmic signed the document on behalf of Moldova and Czech Deputy Industry and Commerce Minister Milan Govorka on behalf of the Czech Republic.

Octavian Calmic said that the commission's meeting was held in a very constructive atmosphere. He noted that this fact confirms the two states' intention to further extend the cooperation and diversify the bilateral relations in different economic fields. The Moldovan official stressed that, by the signed document, the sides agreed to expand economic collaboration, which is an important part of the Moldovan-Czech bilateral ties.

For his part, Milan Govorka said that the present situation of the economic relations and investment cooperation between the Czech Republic and Moldova does not fully meet both countries' potential. He stressed that the sides will take joint efforts to extend and develop bilateral cooperation in different areas. Moldova is a reliable economic partner of the Czech Republic, and we are set to turn to account and boost cooperation with Moldova, Milan Govorka said.

By the signed protocol, the sides intend to develop collaboration relations in such fields as industry, energy, small and medium-sized enterprises, agriculture, environment, transport and roads' infrastructure, health, information technologies, etc.

The third meeting of the Moldovan-Czech joint commission for economic, industrial, technical and scientific cooperation will be held in Prague in 2012. The first meeting of this commission took place in the Czech Republic in October 2010, and the commission's foundation meeting was held in Prague in May 2008.

Data by the Economics Ministry show that, in the first 11 months of 2010, the trade exchanges between Moldova and the Czech Republic amounted to about 45 million dollars, up by 15.02 per cent against the same period of 2009. The evolution of the foreign trade in January-November 2010 was favoured by a 45.5-per-cent increase in exports and a 10.1-per-cent rise in imports.