H.E. Mrs. Larisa Miculet:

I also wish to express my gratitude to the committee members for their initiative in joining the group that went to Moldova. I will continue in line with my ambassadorial colleague's comments on our deep willingness. I have worked a great deal on enhancing parliamentary connections. Ireland has such a strong democracy. I have witnessed it and its parliamentary activities for three years. That is why I would love our Members of Parliament to take some of the good experiences from Ireland. I finally managed to have a friendship group from the Irish side. We have always had one on the Moldovan side. Some of this committee's members have already visited my country. The group's list is open, so they can join and we will push together. I am looking forward to our first meeting – it will probably be online – and Irish parliamentarians will continue the discussion that they started in Moldova. In this way, we will come closer together as nations and parliaments. As I have often said in interviews, despite the fact that Moldova is not a rich country, we have found a window of opportunity to have an embassy in Ireland because it is our intention to come closer to this nation. Our diaspora was brave. It came to Ireland first and we came after it. Now, we have that bridge. I am looking forward to working closely with the committee in advancing our bilateral agenda.