By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest By the end of 2023, the government of Moldova will apply for sovereign ratings from international agencies, in preparation for the placement of FX bonds on international markets, Prime Minister Natalia Gavriliţa said on January 17 in a show broadcast by TV8. The high cost of debt nowadays, however, makes this an option of last resort, as the government said in the public debt management strategy recently published. It is not an impossible scenario, but only if the country fails to get concessionary lending for large infrastructure projects. The country mulled the i…