The expenses of the Moldovan Presidential Administration for foreign visits in 2022 amounted to 514.4 thousand lei.
The Presidential Administration provided this information, noting that it was less than half of the amount of 1,052.7 thousand lei, allocated from its budget for the previous year. In 2023, the amount allocated for travel abroad is 700 thousand lei. In previous years, the Moldovan Presidential Administration spent the following amounts on foreign trips: 2021 - 534,442.51 lei (1,414,000 lei was allocated); 2020 - 632,692 lei (1,000,000 lei); 2019 - 1,845,451.8 lei (2,100,000 lei). From the report on foreign business trips of the President of Moldova and members of delegations in 2022, it follows that Maia Sandu made 19 foreign trips last year. The head of state spoke at the plenary sessions of the European Parliament and the UN General Assembly, spoke at many international meetings, conferences and public events, where bilateral meetings were also held. Maia Sandu also made a number of bilateral visits at the invitation of her colleagues and other high-ranking officials from the host countries. The largest sums were spent last year on a visit to Paris to participate in the conference within the Moldova Support Platform (November 20-22) - 77.1 thousand lei and a visit to New York to participate in the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (18-21 September) - 75.8 thousand lei. // 10.01.2023 - InfoMarket.
