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During the joint interview with Romanian President Traian Basescu for the web portal hotnews.ro on Friday, Ghimpu said that his decree on awarding the Ilascu group was signed with a long overdue.
"Why should Russia tell me what decrees to sign? The case of Ilascu group reached Strasbourg, and the decision of the European Court for Human Rights clearly states who suffered and what happened there. Why should I take into account the opinions of those who like to dictate what I should do as president? I was guided by the truth and the decision of the Strasbourg Court," said Ghimpu.
He does not believe that the leader of the Democratic Party (DP), Marian Lupu, shares Russia's position regarding his decree.
Ghimpu denies the fact that the rapprochement of Moldova and Romania worsen relations with Russia.
"Most cold relations with Russia were in 1912 and 1940, and thereafter, the relationship was not better. What did we achieve over 20 years of independence, if the Russian army is still on our territory and the Transnistrian conflict still exists? I'm looking forward to the day when Russia will let us decide our own destiny. The ruling alliance has signed an agreement and the government program which stipulates that we want to build a special relationship with Russia. But these relations depend on Russia rather than on us", said Acting President.
Traian Basescu agreed that Chisinau relations with Bucharest do not greatly influence the policy of Moscow.
"Throughout my mandate, Romania stood for pragmatic relations with Russia, based on economic, political and military interests", Basescu said.
Basescu called "speculative" the information appeared in the Russian press according to which Romania would have territorial claims to Moldova and are likely to unify.
"Romania is following a single directive in relations with Moldova: to see her on the path to European integration. If talking about the problem of unification, it is unification of two states within the family of the European Union, respecting each other's independence and sovereignty", concluded Basescu.
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