French experts, together with Moldovan specialists, have started to evaluate the restoration project of the Herta and Kligman mansions, and the preliminary results will be announced in the near future. Roman Guneavii, an adviser at the Ministry of Culture, announced about this.

Contacted by IPN, Roman Gunevavii said that French restoration experts are in Chisinau following Maia Sandu's visit to France in March and talks with French President Emmanuel Macron. France has expressed interest in the project to restore the famous mansions," Roman Guneavii said.

The adviser at the Ministry of Culture claims that the previously drafted project for the restoration of the buildings was not approved by the Council on Monuments, as a broader project was needed, including historical research, details, clarifications and a clear solution on the connection between two buildings. Another aspect is that the Art Museum should also have museum expertise in technical chapters for the conservation of art objects.

According to Roman Guneavii, now the focus is on developing the technical conditions for the design, but there is no updated project for the restoration of the buildings, so the cost estimate for the works and who will finance it is unknown.

Roman Guneavii says that for many years the two buildings were a symbol of the state's barbaric attitude towards heritage. In the 2000s, after a failed restoration process, the Herța mansion's molds were destroyed and everything was filled with concrete. Kligman's building was "saved". According to the counselor, the buildings need to be restored extremely carefully, because "they represent the wealth of the Republic of Moldova".

The Kligman mansion is an architectural monument of national importance, included in the Register of Monuments of History and Culture of the Chisinau municipality on the initiative of the Academy of Sciences. The house belonged to the merchant and lawyer Moisei Kligman.

The Herta mansion is located on Stefan cel Mare Boulevard and is the former art museum of Western European countries. It bears the name of the former mayor Vladimir Herta, a Romanian incumbent councillor, jurist and politician.