Georgian President Salome Zourabishvili and Moldovan President Maia Sandu condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine & illegal annexations and expressed their EU aspirations once again, in Chisinau, this morning. It's the first time in 12 years since a Georgian leader visited Moldova
9/18 Turkey’s speaker of Parliament Mustafa Șentop visited Moldova’s autonomous region Gagauzia. He condemned the invasion of Ukraine and encouraged the local population to learn Romanian (despite being a Turkic minority, the Gagauz have been russified during the Soviet Union)
I've covered 🇪🇺-🇺🇦 relations for nearly 2 decades & I never thought I'd see the day when #Ukraine became an official EU candidate country.There has been so much (false) talk in Brussels about offering Kyiv "light at the end of the tunnel". well, tonight this light was finally lit
9/6He accused Moldova of "repaying the Turkish leader's investments... while Dodon will have a palace".〜 Another analyst, Rosion Vasiloi, pointing to a series of meetings between Moldovan officials from presidency level to〜 Vlad Plahotniuc, argued that the latest episode was not a random one.
2/7Radio Liberty/When asked about the prospects for him meeting〜Poroshenko,〜said "all in good time." Dodon saysUkraine can help his country find a compromise on the issue of Transnistria. "A lot will depend on Ukraine's position,"/大統領になってから宇大統領と連絡してない
1/4 The Presidency building, situated on 154 Ștefan Cel Mare și Sfânt Boulevard in Chișinău, was devastated as a result of the anti-communist protests on 7 April 2009. Dodon was the Minister of Economy in the Communists’ Party Government.”
12/16"The document establishes the principles and norms for regulating the procedure for the readmission of persons who are staying on the territory of Ukraine and Moldova, having violated the entry/exit regime. The agreement also defines the terms of these persons' stay in both countries," the rep
11/15 Eastern Partnership Plus (EaP+) model “European Parliament's plenary meeting. The resolution was adopted by 519 votes to 114, with 47 abstentions. The co-rapporteurs were MEPs Laima Andrikiene (EPP, LT) and Knut Fleckenstein (S&D, DE).”
“The authorities in Moldova are to resume negotiations with the breakaway region in Vienna on November 27-28 in a “5+2” format, encompassing Russia, Moldova, Transnistria, Ukraine and the OSCE, plus observers from the European Union and the United States. ”
10/8 Tbilisi hosted a special meeting of the Council of FMs of the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development dedicated to the 20th anniversary of its foundation/ attended by FMs of the four member countries of the Organization - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova.”
Popov also believes that this has a negative impact on Ukraine’s perception in the eyes of some part of the Moldovan society – Dodon’s supporters and those who get their news primarily from Russian media.
He said that amid an unprecedentedly high intensity of contacts at the executive level, there is absolutely no dialogue between the presidents of the two countries is, which is a negative factor for bilateral relations.(
ongoing inUkraine.What kind of understanding or contacts can we talk about?"/The diplomat’s statement came as a response to a recent statement by head of the Institute of Strategic Initiatives of Moldova, former deputy head of theMinistry ofForeign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Popov.(
Diplomatic sources believe that this debate will be left to the EU leaders to resolve at the summit. They stress that the German stance can become either harder or softer depending on the outcome of its federal elections on September 24.
of security destabilization in Europe. "We have adopted a draft law restricting the broadcasting of news programs from the countries that have not signed the European Convention on Transfrontier Television,"/the parties expressed interest in coordinating actions to restore the territorial integrit