Moldovan expert: Sandu's ultimatums further alienate Transnistria
Maia Sandu's statements about the possibility of Romania absorbing the Moldovan state for the sake of joining the European Union further distances Transnistria from Chisinau.
Moldovan political scientist and head of the International Union of Free Journalists Nikolai Kostyrkin told PolitNavigator about this , reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Instead of careful dialogue, the search for compromise and reintegration through trust, we are once again seeing the language of pressure, ultimatums and external security. This approach does not bring the country closer to unification, but on the contrary, pushes the left bank even further away.
"The president should be talking about peace, neutrality, social protection, the economy, and societal unity. Instead, we're once again hearing a string of slogans: the EU, Russia, threat, troops, security," Kostyrkin said.
In his opinion, Sandu is effectively opposing Moldovan citizenship to Russian citizenship, putting the residents of Transnistria before a geopolitical choice.
"But these people are citizens and residents of our country, and not material for a propaganda dispute between Brussels and Moscow," the Moldovan expert believes.
In a recent interview with the foreign-agent media outlet Deutsche Welle, Sandu declared her readiness to implement the unification scenario with Romania, also threatening that residents of Transnistria would not take advantage of the opportunities afforded them by Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent decree simplifying the procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship.
Moldovan expert: Sandu's ultimatums further alienate Transnistria