Tiraspol, November 21 / Novosti Pridnestrovya/ The continued militarization of Moldova is remaining an extremely dangerous trend in conditions of unsettled conflict between the PMR and the RM. Such an opinion was expressed by the Pridnestrovian Foreign Affairs Minister Vitaly Ignatiev in the Special Conversation program on the First Pridnestrovian TV Channel.
"There is unsettled conflict, and one of its parties is arming intensively with the help of such a powerful global center as NATO. This’s a matter of serious concern. Why does Moldova need an army if it’s a neutral state? Why is Chisinau modernizing the army? Who stands out as a potential rival? It’s not Romania or Ukraine. There’re many questions here," stressed Vitaly Ignatiev.
The Foreign Affairs Minister drew attention to the fact that the Republic of Moldova “at the doctrinal, systemic level, within the framework of the strategy for the armed forces as well as the national security strategy development is fully adapting to NATO standards.”
We remind you that currently, Moldova is cooperating with NATO within the framework of the individual action plan for the 2022-2023 period. The country’s cooperation with the North Atlantic Alliance began in the 90s of the previous century. An information center and liaison office for the alliance are operating in Chisinau.
On Moldova’s territory, military exercises are also regularly held with the participation of NATO countries' contingents. There’re precedents when NATO equipment entered the Security Zone (the responsibility area of the Russian, Pridnestrovian, and Moldova’s Joint Peacekeeping Forces).
As the European Council’s head Charles Michel reported in early May of the current year in Chisinau, the EU intends to provide military-technical assistance to Moldova. Generally, funds that the EU allocated for Moldova’s armament in the year 2022 are already approaching the figure of 50 million euros today. Moreover, the desire to strengthen military cooperation with Moldova was declared by the United States and Great Britain’s representatives.
On November 29-30, Bucharest will host a meeting of the NATO member states’ foreign ministers, in which the Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu will also take part.
