
Japan will allocate to Moldova 7.2 million euros (1 billion Japanese yen) to strengthen the medical system of the country.
The agreement was signed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nicu Popescu and Japanese Ambassador to Moldova Katayama Yoshihiro in Chisinau. The document is meant to extend the excellent cooperation between Moldova and Japan and will be used to meet the urgent needs of the national healthcare system, indirectly consolidating the capacities of the hospital sector by purchasing high-performance equipment (medical imaging and dialysis) worth 1 billion Japanese yen (7.2 million euros) through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for 5 Moldovan state medical institutions: Institute of Emergency Medicine, Timofei Mosneaga Republican Clinical Hospital, Institute of Mother and Child, Institute of Oncology, Sfinta Treime City Clinical Hospital. Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu said after the signing ceremony that Japan is a reliable partner of our country, which supports the processes of modernization and transformation of Moldova, based on the community of common values: democracy, rule of law, market economy. "For the last 30 years our country has felt and benefited from Japan's support in different fields of activity: education, agriculture, and health care. This is of great importance for our country, for the reform process, and we will continue to strengthen this privileged partnership in the future," said Nicu Popescu. // 18.08.2022- InfoMarket.