Romania’s President Traian Basescu will pay a visit to Chisinau on July 17. The Romanian official will be met by President Nicolae Timofti at the State Residence. Afterward, the two officials will hold consultations in private and then in the presence of the delegations of Romania and Moldova, IPN reports.

According to a communiqué from the presidential press service, Traian Basescu will also have meetings with Speaker Igor Corman, Prime Minister Iurie Leanca, and Mayor General of Chisinau Dorin Chirtoaca.

During his stay in Chisinau, Traian Basescu will also have discussions with the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party Vlad Filat, the head of the Democratic Party Marian Lupu and the Liberal Party chairman Mihai Ghimpu.

Traian Basescu will lay flowers at the monument to ruler Stephan the Great and Holy. In the evening, he will have a meeting with representatives of Moldova’s civil society and the clergy.

Initially, Traian Basescu was to come to Moldova on February 1. The visit was postponed after Nicolae Timofti underwent surgery for colecistitis. The last time the Romanian head of state paid a visit to Moldova in January 2010.