Is it still possible that Romania and the Republic of Moldavia unify in the future, as far-off as it might be, given the consequences the different political systems and aspirations of the two states might provoke? If until the elections in Bessarabia only idealists were talking about the unification with Romania, now the subject was dropped even by them. As Vladimir Voronin, the new President elected by the Parliament has already announced Moldavia's rapprochement to the union Russia-Byelorussia, to speak about the unification with Romania is pure naiveness. It seems as if we considered the unification of the two Koreas, fundamentally different states, less under the aspect of language and ethnicity. And yet, in South Korea, analysts talk a lot about unification. The other day, Vladimir Voronin came to visit in Bucharest. A visit of little proportions, because of the fact it took place in a more general context, the one of the summit on environmental problems, in which eight chiefs of state in the zone took place. Yet, Iliescu met Voronin officially, like Premier Adrian Nastase. Very important issues were not approached, as expected. "What we want is to ignore the normal differences, of political and ideological nature. What we appreciated was the practical, pragmatic approach of the relationships between our countries, which shouldn't diminish in any way for the next period of time", Iliescu was declaring after the official meeting. On the other side, Voronin agreed with his collocutor, but he wanted to ass that Moldavia's economic interests presently leads towards Russia. Republic of Moldavia, which now needs a big infusion of external capital, is a state in which only really adventurous investors can come. The agreements with the international financial forums are compromised for a long time, actually with no chances to be de-blocked in the next years. The only o