Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a briefing. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 18.The statements of official Chisinau cast doubt on the commitment of the country's leadership to the neutral status of the republic, the observance of the rights and interests of its inhabitants, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. «The steps and statements of official Chisinau cast doubt in the real commitment of the country's leadership to the neutral status of the republic, respect for the rights and interests of its inhabitants, pragmatic and mutually beneficial partnership with Russia,» she said during the briefing. » /> Sandu demanded to withdraw the Russian military from PridnestrovieZakharova added that Russia is no less sensitive to Chisinau's actions than Moldova - to the actions of Moscow. «Despite the fact that the authorities of Moldova did not announce this, various structures of the country actually apply Western anti-Russian sanctions in the banking sector and in the field of re-export of Russian goods,» she explained. Earlier, the Moldovan government refused to support the initiative on the permanent neutrality of the republic, since it contradicts national interests and can isolate the country at the international level, said State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Dobynda. At the same time, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa said that Moldova intends to maintain the status of a neutral state and considers the possibility of an armed conflict spreading to the territory of the republic as a «distant danger.» 
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