Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has thanked Ukraine for its decision to reject the artificial term „Moldovan language”, which is a Russian invention.
„From now on there is only one official language which exists at an international level: the Romanian language,” he said.
The Romanian prime minister thanked his Ukrainian counterpart „for the openness he has shown in his efforts to have the non-existence of the so-called Moldovan language recognized”.
In a joint statement, the two prime ministers said the Ukrainian government had decided to „resolve the issue of the artificial differentiation between the Romanian and ‘Moldovan’ languages without delay by implementing the appropriate practical measures, with due account of the relevant legal aspects”.
The concept of the „Moldovan language” originated in the Soviet Union and was effectively a Cyrillic version of the Romanian language. In the 1994 Constitution of Moldova, which Ukraine has used as a reference for a long time, Article 13 defined „Moldovan” as the national language of the country.
However, the Constitutional Court of Moldova ruled in December 2013 that the Declaration of Independence takes precedence over the provisions of the Constitution, and the Declaration of Moldova’s Independence from the Soviet Union, adopted in 1991, stipulates that the state language in Moldova is Romanian.
During a visit to Romania last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised that the Ukrainian government would make a decision regarding the non-existence of the „Moldovan language”.
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