During a ceremony held in Luxembourg on 2 October 1995, the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Communities, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, was signed, subject to its subsequent conclusion, for the Community by: Mr Javier SOLANA MADARIAGA M
inister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain President-in-Office of the Council Mr Hans VAN DEN BROEK Member of the Commission for the Republic of Moldova by: Mr Mihai POPOV Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova In the short addre
sses they gave, the signatories ...[+++] emphasized, inter alia, that after the signing on 28 November 1994 of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, the signing of the Interim Agreement constituted an important new stage in the strengthening of relations between the European Union and Moldova which should contribute in particular to the development of trade between both parties.