Prut

"Business on both banks of the Prut speaks the same language," Recean told a joint news conference with Cuica, referring to a river on the border between Romania and Moldova, and the countries' mutual use of Romanian.

"We will soon integrate our financial markets and Bucharest's capital market will be accessible to Chisinau. I call on entrepreneurs from both banks of the Prut to develop business and use all the economic potential."

But he feared they would push westward to the Prut River, on Moldova’s western border with Romania.

“If Putin wants to reinstate the Soviet Union, he’ll go all the way to the Prut.”

The governments also agreed to build a new bridge across the River Prut, on their common border, linking two towns that are both named Ungheni.