In Chisinau, aspirations to integrate the European Union are intact. But the alignment on the sanctions once morest Russia is not envisaged for questions of economic survival. There remains the thorny question of the pro-Russian secessionist region of Transnistria, which might be talked regarding once more thanks to the war in Ukraine.
International diplomacy has been active in recent days in Moldova, a former Soviet republic and a country bordering Ukraine, also facing, but for thirty years, the problem of the secession of a region, that of Transnistria, mainly Russian-speaking in this otherwise predominantly Romanian-speaking state today.
On Saturday March 5, Chisinau will receive the visit of the American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Over the past few days, the European High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, the Secretary General of the OSCE, Helga Schmid, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs have taken turns in the Moldovan capital. French, Jean-Yves Le Drian.
“Moldova is a neutral state, we maintain this principle. It will not engage on either side of the conflict in Ukraine, will not join European sanctions and will not ask to join NATO”. Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu told Russian daily Relay on March 2 Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Indeed, he said, “Moldova’s economy is too integrated with that of Russia and too dependent on it, especially in the energy sphere”.
The war in neighboring Ukraine is having a significant impact on Moldova’s food market. As Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita explained, quoted by the Nezavisimaya Gazeta, markets and shops are usually supplied up to 50% with Ukrainian products. Semolina, sugar, oil, butter are starting to run out. Measures have been taken to facilitate the import of these products from the European Union. In addition, grain and sugar exports have been banned. Blocking imports and exports between our country and Russia would be in the current context “criminal”, summed up the chef
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