In an interview for HotNews.ro, Republic of Moldova President Mihai Ghimpu qualified the international press comments, reading that Romania plan to introduce Moldovans through the backdoor in the EU, as speculations. He declared that Moldovans are Romanians, share the same blood and the national and international right to gain Romanian citizenship for those who had it before 1940. At his turn, Romanian President Traian Basescu declared that Romania does what any other country did in similar situations: we offer those citizens who lost citizenship based on political decisions a preferrential treatment to regain it.

Mihai Ghimpu about Romania's decision:

I am sorry that some speculate on this matterI met many European political leaders in Chisinu and outside it and nobody raised this subjectthis is a press speculation: it started in Moscow and then reached Germany Germany, France and Spain also ffer citizenship Why it is only Romania's case put forward as a problem maker to the EU it is a false problem and I want those who speculate to understand that we are Romanians, we share the same blood and we have the national and international right to demand Romanian citizenship for those who had it before 1940 it is a right we cannot neglect our citizens were sent to find a place somewhere else I do not see any problem in this sitution Moldovans just want to feel Romanians, they do not want to emigrate

Traian Basescu about the decision to offer Romanian citizenship to Moldovans:

I have nothing to fear that this subject might interfere in Romania's entry to Schengen Romania respects the 1997 Council of Europe Convention regarding citizenship we offer citizenship on an individual basis, not en masseThey do not have language problems and are citizens without rihtsStalin decided to take the Romanian citizenship from some and thi