Greece and Moldova Agree to Reciprocally Recognize Driver’s Licenses

Greece and Moldova agreed on Tuesday to mutually recognize each other’s driver’s licenses, enabling holders to exchange them for their respective national documents, provided the driver has registered their residency.

The two countries also recognize the documents as valid when their nationals use them to drive within one another’s national borders.

The agreement was signed on the occasion of Tuesday’s visit to Athens of Moldavian Prime Minister Dorin Recean, who met with his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

On behalf of the Greek government the agreement was signed by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, Christos Staikouras, and by the Ambassador of Moldova in Athens, Andrei Popov.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (rights) and his Moldavian counterpart, Dorin Recean, look on as the Ambassador of Moldova in Athens, Andrei Popov, and the Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, Christos Staikouras, seal their agreement with a handshake.

After signing the agreement, Staikouras said that his Ministry is planning for a better interconnected Europe, which would be a safer Europe. He added that Greece is focusing those efforts on the Republic of Moldova, the Baltic countries, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania and the six countries of the Western Balkans.

The Greek minister also referred to the importance of the direct flights initiated last November between Chisinau and Athens as well as of the participation of Moldova in the 3Seas Initiative.

The latter is a cooperation framework for countries in the Adriatic, the Baltic and the Black Sea aiming to work together in such sectors as transportation, energy, infrastructures and digital transformation.