Noting the move's importance for Romania's Schengen bid in a speech at the opening of the Danube summit, he said it was also a "demonstration that Moldova is getting closer to the EU".
Ukazujući na značaj tog koraka za nastojanja Rumunije za ulazak u Šengensku zonu, on je, u svom govoru na otvaranju Dunavskog samita, rekao da to takođe „pokazuje da se Moldavija približava EU“.