The flag of Moldova. File photo LONDON, May 20. The UK and other NATO countries are discussing the possibility of supplying weapons to Moldova, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in an interview with the Telegraph. According to her, this measure is aimed at protecting the country from the alleged «threat of invasion «from the Russian side.
The Ministry of Defense of Moldova confirmed the theft of US military aid «I would like to see Moldova equipped according to NATO standards. This is a discussion that we are having with our allies,» Truss said. She added that negotiations are now underway to make sure that defense is not only Ukraine, but also Moldova meets «NATO standards» to prevent any future attack. If the plan is adopted, NATO members will provide Moldova with modern weapons, replacing Soviet-era equipment, and train soldiers on how to use them. This week, the Moldovan government gave a negative opinion to the draft law on the status of permanent neutrality, which was put forward by the opposition Bloc of Communists and Socialists (BCS). State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Vyacheslav Dobynda said during the discussion of the bill that the proposed initiative is contrary to national interests and can isolate the country at the international level. According to the constitution of Moldova, the republic has a neutral status, but since 1994 the country has been cooperating with NATO as part of an individual plan partnerships. As polls conducted earlier in the country show, the majority of the population of Moldova opposes joining NATO. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the end of 2020 opposed the presence of Russian peacekeepers in the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, since by doing so Russia allegedly violates the territorial integrity of Moldova. Moscow denied the accusations of NATO, saying that the Russian military contingent was in Transnistria legally. Its main tasks are a peacekeeping mission and the protection of ammunition depots.
