Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu thanked Ukraine for rejecting the term 'Moldovan language', calling it a Russian invention, during a joint press conference with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
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Ukraine has decided to reject the artificial term 'Moldovan language', which is a Russian invention
The Ukrainian government decided to abandon using the phrasing 'Moldovan language' to refer to the language spoken by Moldovans
From now on, there is only one official language at the international level - the Romanian language
Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Čolaku led a government delegation to Kyiv on October 18, 2023
Seven agreements were signed at the meeting
A memorandum was signed aimed at developing the network of checkpoints between Ukraine and Romania
A memorandum was signed providing for the increase of defense production capacities and expansion of ammunition production
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