The first round of negotiations on the Moldova-EU association agreement will be held in Chisinau on 12 January.

The event will start with a plenary meeting, after which European and Moldovan experts will bring together into four working groups:

1. Political dialogue and the reforms, cooperation in the foreign policy and security fields;
2. Economic sector and financial cooperation;
3. Justice, freedom and security;
4. Inter-human contacts.

The European delegation will be led by the head of the Eastern Europe, Southern Caucasus, and Central Asia unit of the European Commission's Directorate-General for External Relations, Gunnar Wiegand, and the Moldovan one - by Deputy Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister, Natalia Gherman.