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Bucharest - 26 January 2016
1. Exterior of the Romanian government headquarters
2. Guard
3. Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos (right) and Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip (left) shaking hands during photo opportunity
4. Romanian (left), European Union (centre) and Moldovan flags (right)
5. Various of bilateral meeting ++MUTE++
6. Camera
7. Ciolos and Filip arriving for news conference
8. Sign reading (Romanian) "Romanian Government"
9. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Dacian Ciolos, Romanian Prime Minister:
"(Moldova) must, first of all, take decisions on implementing reforms, which the citizens in Moldova are waiting for, but as I told the (Moldovan) Prime Minister, (the decisions) are expected by Romania, too, as a neighbouring country and a partner and, based on the signs I have, these are also expected by the European and Euro-Atlantic partners."
10. Photographers
11. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Dacian Ciolos, Romanian Prime Minister:
"But I also told the Prime Minister that before we go ahead with the delivery of the first instalment of this loan agreement, we are expecting him to come forward with several concrete measures to demonstrate the will to implement reforms."
12. Cameraman
13. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Pavel Filip, Moldovan Prime Minister:
"We are going through a tense situation, and the government was formed under terrible pressure from the Socialists who actually want early elections, and as you saw, there were violent acts but as soon as the ministers took up their responsibilities, they managed to calm down the situation among those protesting. We can understand the feelings of those who are honestly protesting."
14. Wall-mounted lights
15. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Pavel Filip, Moldovan Prime Minister:
"The reform strategy in the justice sector and the fight against corruption have already been approved and it's true that these laws have been delayed until now. We hope they will be approved in the first government meetings."
16. Cutaway of Romanian (left), European Union (centre) and Moldovan flags (right)
STORYLINE:
Romania offered to give neighbouring Moldova a loan of 60 million euros (65 million US dollars) on Tuesday to prevent economic collapse in the impoverished ex-Soviet republic - if certain conditions are met.
To get the money, Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos said that Moldova will have to present concrete measures which show it is willing to introduce certain reforms.
He was speaking at a news conference in Bucharest.
Romania wants its neighbour reform its justice system, fight corruption, sign a draft agreement for a loan from the International Monetary Fund and appoint a new central bank governor.
The offer comes as Moldova, Europe's poorest nation, is on the verge of economic collapse following the disappearance of more than 1 billion US dollars from three Moldovan banks, one eighth of the entire GDP of the nation.
Ciolos made the announcement during a visit to Romania by Pavel Filip, the sixth Prime Minister to hold office in Moldova in a year of political turmoil and deep social unrest sparked by the bank fraud.
Filip, considered a symbol by many Moldovans of the nation's entrenched corruption because of his ties to an influential businessman, promised to use the money well.
Earlier this month, protesters in Moldova's capital, Chisinau, stormed the Parliament to protest his taking office.
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