The Republic of Moldova marks 31 years of independence

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27 Aug. 2022 / 07:00

The Republic of Moldova marks 31 years of independence

The Republic of Moldova celebrates Independence Day. On August 27, 1991, the Republic of Moldova broke away from the Soviet empire, becoming a free, sovereign and independent state. It was happening just a few days after the failed coup attempt in Moscow. Hundreds of thousands of people came to the third Great National Assembly, where they wrote the most important page in the country's history.

In front of the crowd, the then head of the Legislative, Alexandru Moşanu, read the Declaration of Independence. From the stage in the Great National Assembly Square, the famous songs of the great artists Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici, speeches and pleas of writers, poets and publicists resounded. Thus, on August 27, 1991, the people's elected representatives unanimously proclaimed, with 278 votes, the Independence of the Republic of Moldova, thus realized the unanimous will of the entire people, expressed by vote of the Great National Assembly.

"We reaffirm the equality of rights of peoples and their right to self-determination according to the UN Charter, the Helsinki Final Act and the norms of international law. We appreciate, in all these considerations, that the time has arrived to carry out an act of justice in accordance with the history of our people, with the moral norms and international law. I solemnly proclaim, by virtue of the peoples' rights to self-determination, on behalf of the entire population of the Republic of Moldova and before the whole world - the Republic of Moldova is a sovereign, independent and democratic state, free to decide its present and future without any outside interference, in accordance with the ideals and holy aspirations of the people in the historical and ethnic space of its national development", declared, then, from the rostrum of the Parliament, deputy Alexandru Moşanu.

Moldova's independence had been recognized by the world's great powers and international organizations.

In 1992, the Republic of Moldova became a member of the United Nations, and in 1995, it joined the Council of Europe, assuming commitments to ensure fundamental human rights and freedoms, the functioning of democratic institutions.

The first steps of the Chisinau authorities to establish cooperative relations with the European Union were made in 1994, through the negotiation and signing in Brussels of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement.

The original act of the Declaration of Independence burned during the protests of April 2009. A year later, in 2010, the document was restored with the signatures of the deputies from the first Parliament.

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