Editing Foreign relations of Moldova (section)

===Relations with the European Union===
{{main|Moldova–European Union relations|Accession of Moldova to the European Union}}
Moldova aspires to join the European Union<ref>[http://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=68715 Moldova will prove that it can and has chances to become EU member] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430044847/http://www.moldpres.md/default.asp?Lang=en&ID=68715 |date=30 April 2008 }}, Moldpress News Agency, 19 June 2007</ref> and is implementing its first three-year Action Plan within the framework of the [[European Neighbourhood Policy]] (ENP) of the EU.<ref>[http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/40/ Moldova-EU Action Plan Approved by European Commission] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204031935/http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/40/ |date=4 December 2007 }}, 14 December 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2007</ref>

As regards to its energy policy, Moldova was an observer to the treaty establishing Energy Community from the outset (2006). Following its interest in full membership, the European Commission was mandated to carry out negotiations with Moldova in 2007. In December 2009, the Energy Community Ministerial Council decided on the accession, but made it conditional to amendment of Moldova's gas law.<ref>[http://www.energy-community.org/portal/page/portal/ENC_HOME/DOCS/488187/Conclusions%20of%20the%207th%20MC%20Meeting.pdf Energy Community Ministerial Council Conclusions, Dec 2009]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> Moldova joined the [[Energy Community]] as a full-fledged member in March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.energy-community.org/portal/page/portal/ENC_HOME/DOCS/576178/Protocol%20on%20Accession%20of%20Moldova%20to%20the%20EnC.pdf |title=Accession Protocol of Republic of Moldova to the Energy Community |access-date=20 February 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>