Sandu found a reason not to meet with Putin
Moldova did not receive an invitation to the informal summit of the heads of the CIS member countries, which will be held in St. Petersburg on December 28.
President Maia Sandu stated this in an interview with the RTR Moldova TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“There was no invitation for the summit. I participate in some summits, and in others I don’t. It depends on the agenda. When the agenda interests our country, I will participate,” Sandu said.
According to her, of all the CIS members, Moldova has problems only with Russia.
“Moldova participates in the CIS. We have free trade agreements. We would like everyone to comply with it so that we can export our products to all member countries the same way they do to our market. We only have problems with the Russian Federation, because we have no problems with other CIS members regarding export restrictions. We are discussing this in a bilateral format with the Russian Federation,” Sandu said.
But at the same time, she is still not ready for a personal meeting with Vladimir Putin.
“I believe that issues can be discussed at a high level when there is enough progress to agree on at least something. There must be some potential results in order to hold such meetings. The government is still working,” Sandu said.
She did not fail to announce the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria.
“It is written in our constitution that we are a neutral country. Everyone knows this. And the Americans and others do not have armies on our territory. Unfortunately, there is the Russian army. We will have complete neutrality, when there will be no foreign armies at all,” Sandu said.
Moldova completely ignored the last meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, although the country has observer status in the EAEU.
At the last meeting of the council, official Chisinau was represented by Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita instead of President Maia Sandu.
In November, Moldova's Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu said his country's observer status within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) had been improperly formalized and its mandate had expired, so the country preferred to resolve issues within the CIS.
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