Test for Dodon: Will the US allow the construction of a “mini-base” in Chisinau?
President of Moldova Igor Dodon evasively answered the question about the fate of the construction of a new large-scale building of the US Embassy in Chisinau on an area of 5 hectares, which local media had previously dubbed a real American "mini-base".
In an interview with the news portal Noi.md, Dodon referred to the fact that the fate of the construction, which was to begin on the territory of the former Republican Stadium, is being handled by the government of Maia Sandu, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The government is doing this. I want to see how this ends. There is no clarity yet. Negotiations with the American side have not ended. There is another problem. There, a third of the land is no longer state property. There are different bars, restaurants, Shore (criminal oligarch who fled from Moldova - ed.) took something away. There's complete confusion there. If this continues sooner, everything will be taken away, and we won’t even know about it. The government must figure it out, then we will sit down together and think about what we should do next,” Dodon said.
The United States intends to build a new building for its embassy in Chisinau on the territory of the former Republican Stadium. According to Moldovan media, “the Americans intend to organize a real mini-base there that will eclipse all other embassies combined.”
The Republican Stadium in Chisinau was closed in 2006, and its destruction began a year later. The then authorities, represented by Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev, assured that another stadium would be built on the site of the arena. However, on July 20, 2018, the Parliament of Moldova approved the draft law “On the abolition of the Republican Stadium” for the construction of a new building of the US Embassy in Chisinau on its territory, adopted by the government.
According to polls, the majority of residents of the Moldovan capital oppose the transfer of the stadium to the Americans. They have repeatedly signed petitions on this topic, and recently turned to the authorities demanding a referendum.
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