The outgoing Dodon swore allegiance to the CIS
The outgoing President of Moldova, Igor Dodon, called on the CIS countries for unity.
He stated this today at the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, which may become the last Commonwealth event with the participation of Moldova, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“2020 has finally confirmed a new reality, which is no longer disputed by anyone. We live in a multipolar world, where there is no room for the dominance of a single superpower over the rest of the world. The past year has confirmed the fears that we have repeatedly expressed at our public meetings and in narrow informal conversations. There is a clear strategy aimed at destabilizing the internal political situation in the CIS countries, at creating pockets of instability in its space and aimed mainly against our strategic partner - the Russian Federation.
Given the growing geopolitical confrontation, it would be naive to believe that pressure and subversion in the post-Soviet space will ease in 2021. To meet political challenges, we need to stick together more than ever. Our countries and peoples are obliged to do this. We cannot cope with the growing threats on our own. Together we must and can resist,” Dodon said.
The new President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, will most likely ignore events within the CIS. When she was Prime Minister in October 2019, she refused to attend
Council of Heads of Government of the CIS and the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Moscow.
And in 2018, she stated that Moldova would not lose anything economically if it left the CIS.
“We can carry out basic calculations and estimate how much Moldova can lose. I don't think the losses are very big. It is obvious that we are following a course of rapprochement with the EU, so we need to gain a foothold there, including through economic agreements. I am glad that trade with the EU is growing,” Sandu said then in an interview with Europa Libera.
During his presidency, Dodon himself adhered to the notorious “multi-vector” strategy - he asked for economic preferences from Russia, while Moldova did not withdraw from the Association Agreement with the EU, and the NATO office continues to flourish in Chisinau.
“All agreements remain: with Europe, the Eurasian Economic Community, the CIS - we will be friends with everyone,” Dodon said.
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