Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament urged to discuss the issue of membership in the CIS

Moldovan parliament building in Chisinau. Archive photoCHISINAU, May 17.Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Igor Grosu said that the authorities need to hold a political discussion about whether the country should remain in the CIS, as well as compare the pros and cons of membership in the Commonwealth. «Whether we continue to be part of this organization or not, I think that here we we need to have a political discussion. This is what we have to do after everything calms down and the war (Russian special operation to demilitarize Ukraine — ed.) is over, and make a decision, because we have to calculate very carefully what are the pros and cons» — Grosu said on the air of the radio station «Moldova». According to him, the country should focus on diversifying markets and reorienting exports to the European market. Grosu noted that at the moment Moldova supplies about 70% of all goods to the EU.»They turned the wrong way»: why the Moldovan economy is rapidly collapsing»In the situation in which we are, we do not see the need to participate in events taking place within the CIS, it is difficult even in the matter of relocation. We had to hold an event here, in Chisinau on the issue of agriculture, but asked to inform the Secretariat of the CIS Parliamentary Assembly that we do not see the possibility of holding it while there is a war in our region,» Grosu added. For the active development of Moldova's relations with the Russian Federation and the CIS, the former President of the country his government. His successor Sandu, like the Action and Solidarity party that won the parliamentary elections, is promoting a policy of rapprochement with the West. At the same time, the new government in Moldova, immediately after the elections, declared its readiness to promote a balanced foreign policy, including by maintaining relations with the CIS, however, representatives of Moldova did not participate in the latest commonwealth events.The West is ready to destroy Moldova