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reached 
a 
provisional 
loan 
agreement 
worth 
$564,000,000 over 3.3 years with the International Mon-
etary Fund; 
Whereas the United States supports Moldova’s endeavors to 
increase transparency and hold corrupt actors account-
able, particularly efforts relating to money laundering 
and financial fraud and seeking appropriate redress and 
seizure of corrupt assets; 
Whereas, in November 2020, the Moldovan people directly 
elected its first female President, Maia Sandu, who cam-
paigned on fighting corruption, reinvigorating economic 
reforms, supporting judicial independence, revitalizing 
European integration efforts, and strengthening relations 
with the United States and the European Union; 
Whereas, in July 2021, Moldova held parliamentary elections 
in which President Sandu’s anticorruption and reform- 
minded platform was overwhelmingly supported by the 
people of Moldova; 
Whereas, since August 6, 2021, women serve as both 
Moldova’s head of state and head of government; 
Whereas, according to the Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions 
and Human Rights, the most recent elections were ‘‘well 
administered, competitive and fundamental freedoms 
were largely respected’’; 
Whereas the Republic of Moldova has consistently and his-
torically carried out well-administered and competitive 
elections that result in nonviolent transitions of power; 
Whereas the United States commends and supports the new 
Moldovan Government’s priorities of justice sector re-
form, combating corruption, creating jobs for Moldovan 
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citizens, improving infrastructure and living standards, 
strengthening relationships with the West and other 
international partners, and combating the COVID–19 
pandemic; 
Whereas continued efforts to improve governance, combat 
corruption, and adopt domestic economic reforms will 
further bolster Moldova’s ability to secure loan packages 
from international donors such as the International Mon-
etary Fund and the European Union; 
Whereas Moldova’s main trading partner is the European 
Union; 
Whereas, as a member of the European Union’s Eastern 
Partnership, Moldova’s European integration should be a 
high priority with the goal of eventual European Union 
membership; 
Whereas the United States Government supports the demo-
cratic and European aspirations of the people of the Re-
public of Moldova, including their expressed desire to join 
the European Union; 
Whereas, in a judgment in 2004, the European Court of 
Human Rights found that Moldova’s separatist region of 
Transnistria was created with the support of the Kremlin 
and considered it ‘‘under the effective authority or at 
least decisive influence’’ of the Kremlin; 
Whereas the United States supports the sovereignty and ter-
ritorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova and on that 
basis participates as an observer in the ‘‘5+2’’ negotia-
tions to find a comprehensive settlement that will provide 
a special status for Transnistria within Moldova’s inter-
nationally recognized borders; 
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Whereas the Kremlin maintains a contingent of military 
forces and a stockpile of military equipment and ammu-
nition within the Transnistrian region constituting an oc-
cupation of Moldovan territory and a violation of 
Moldova’s territorial sovereignty; 
Whereas the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security 
and Co-operation in Europe Mission to Moldova, and the 
Government of Moldova have called upon the Kremlin to 
remove its troops from the territory of the Republic of 
Moldova; 
Whereas, in July 2017, the Moldovan Parliament adopted a 
declaration calling on the Kremlin to withdraw its troops 
from Moldova; 
Whereas, on September 22, 2021, Moldovan President Maia 
Sandu addressed the United Nations General Assembly 
and called for the Kremlin to withdraw its troops from 
the Transnistrian region; 
Whereas the House of Representatives and the Senate both 
passed by an overwhelming majority, and the President 
signed into law, S. 2183, providing for a United States 
international broadcasting programming surge to counter 
disinformation from Kremlin-supported news outlets and 
ensuring that Russian-speaking populations in Ukraine 
and Moldova have access to independent news and infor-
mation; 
Whereas Moldova has been a valued and reliable partner in 
promoting global security by participating in United Na-
tions peacekeeping missions in the Central African Re-
public, Kosovo, and South Sudan, supporting United 
States efforts to increase international cooperation in 
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combating terrorism, and providing demining units and 
postconflict humanitarian assistance in Iraq; 
Whereas, since 1996, Moldova’s Armed Forces have partici-
pated in the United States National Guard State Part-
nership Program as a partner to the North Carolina Na-
tional Guard; 
Whereas, in 1999, the existing defense relationship between 
the North Carolina National Guard and the Defense 
Forces of Moldova led to the creation of the Moldova- 
North Carolina Bilateral Partnership, which has been 
formally renewed in 2004, 2010, 2015, and 2019, to fa-
cilitate cooperation in the areas of civil emergency oper-
ations, expansion of markets, coordination of humani-
tarian efforts and cultural, scientific, and academic ex-
changes between the State of North Carolina and 
Moldova; 
Whereas Moldova cooperates with the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization through the Partnership for Peace program, 
including participation in the Defense and Related Secu-
rity Capacity Building Initiative, a flagship defense re-
form partnership focused on reforming and modernizing 
Moldova’s Armed Forces to improve expertise, interoper-
ability, and peacekeeping capabilities; 
Whereas the United States and the European Union and 
other partners have cooperated to support Moldova’s 
democratic aspirations and deepen European integration; 
Whereas, on September 21, 2021, President Biden addressed 
the 76th United Nations General Assembly stating that 
the democratic world ‘‘lives in the proud Moldovans who 
helped deliver a landslide victory for the forces of democ-
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racy, with a mandate to fight graft, to build a more in-
clusive economy’’; and 
Whereas the United States provided more than $7,000,000 in 
assistance to Moldova for combating COVID–19, includ-
ing 500,000 United States donated vaccines: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes the historical significance of 
Moldova’s independence and reaffirms the commit-
ment of the United States on supporting the 
Moldovan people in their efforts to strengthen demo-
cratic governance, root out corruption, increase eco-
nomic prosperity, support energy independence, and 
ensure stability and security; 
(2) reaffirms that it is the policy of the United 
States to support the sovereignty, independence, and 
territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova and 
the inviolability of its borders by other nation states; 
(3) supports and encourages increased activity 
related to the Strategic Dialogue as a means to 
strengthen relations between the Republic of 
Moldova and the United States and enhance the 
democratic, economic, rule of law, and security re-
forms already being undertaken by the Republic of 
Moldova; 
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