The Government of the Republic of Moldova, as a state administration body, elaborates the system of foreign policy priorities, which determines the content of this policy. It sets for thither mediate and prospective goals of foreign policy, determines the ways, method sand means of carrying it out. Although Heads of State have very strong powers in the field of foreign affairs, they rarely establish direct relations with other states, usually acting through governments. It is the government together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration which is in charge of promoting the foreign policy of the state through the maintenance of relations with foreign states and international organizations on a bilateral and multilateral basis.