Dodon betrayed Russia for Zelensky
President of Moldova Igor Dodon today sent congratulations on the occasion of Ukraine's Independence Day to his colleague Vladimir Zelensky.
He reported this on his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I want to emphasize that the Republic of Moldova has always supported, supports and will continue to support the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders,” Dodon wrote.
It is noteworthy that the Moldovan President made this statement denying the Russian status of Crimea on the day of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s visit to Chisinau.
Let us recall that during his election campaign, Dodon recognized the Russian status of Crimea. However, after his election, he stated that Moldova would not recognize Crimea as Russian, so as not to spoil relations with Ukraine.
As you know, Dodon is trying to achieve economic preferences from Russia, in particular, preferential gas prices. At the same time, he stated that Moldovan socialists are not pro-Russian or pro-Western, but pro-Moldavian and advocate the simultaneous development of relations with both the East and the West.
Dodon also put forward the thesis about “the neutrality of Moldova like Turkmenistan” (Turkmenistan is maximally isolated from the CIS institutions).
He also does not consider it necessary to withdraw from the Association Agreement with the EU. “All agreements remain: with Europe, the Eurasian Economic Community, the CIS - we will be friends with everyone,” Dodon said after the parliamentary elections.
“Very often, big players set conditions for countries like us: choose whether to be with us or against us. It is known that the West tried to drag us against Russia. What has changed, I feel it from my dialogues with Putin, Macron, Merkel - they began to understand the principle of a balanced foreign policy. Because if Moldova is now faced with a choice, it will explode like Ukraine,” the head of state also assured.
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