OREANDA-NEWS. August 04, 2014. This statement the Prime Minister of Moldova made in his interview to the TV presenter of the talk shows HARDtalk on BBC World News Stephen Sakuru.

The head of the Cabinet stressed that Moldova is interested in developing relations with Russia within the framework of the dialogue on an equal footing. Iurie Leanca said that in XXI century Moldova, alongside with Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia, is equal subject of international law.

"Both Russia, the EU, USA and China have legitimate interests in Moldova.

The difference is that, how these interests are observed," he said. Iurie Leanca expressed the conviction that the European integration will convert Moldova into a more stable and predictable state that will be a good basis for its relations not only with the West, but with the East as well.