The young people leave Moldova because no improvement occurred in their country, former deputy minister of the environment Dorin Dushchyak, who works and lives in France, said in the talk show “Place for dialogue” on the public station Radio Moldova, IPN reports.

“The change wanted by the young people who protested in April 2009 didn’t occur. Only the persons changed, but the system remained the same. Even those who worked abroad for many years and invested money in their country go back abroad. Serious changes are needed in the main areas so as to convince the young people to return home,” stated Dushchyak.

He noted that the Moldovan diaspora is united and actively cooperates with the Romanian diaspora. “Many Moldovans who are abroad have Romanian nationality and often identity themselves with the Romanian diaspora. We have a lot of joint cultural activities,” he said.

Dorin Dushchyak considers that the Moldovans who are abroad are those who will stage the big change in Moldova. “Experience shows that many countries were saved by those who left. At the end of the 1970s, Portugal was the poorest state in Europe and its people dispersed all over the world in search for a job. Namely due to the emigrants, Portugal managed to recover and became a developed state. I sincerely believe that the Moldovan emigrants will contribute to the development of their country,” said the representative of the Moldovan diaspora in France.