Triumphal arch in Chisinau. Archive photoCHISINAU, June 18The opposition of Moldova called the joint meeting of the parliaments of Moldova and Romania «anti-constitutional» and aimed at merging states, but Bucharest is not interested in this process, since it threatens with serious problems, an economic analyst, an expert at the Moldovan Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) said in a comment to RIA Novosti Viitorul Tatyana Laryushina. On Saturday, a meeting of the parliaments of Moldova and Romania was held in Chisinau for the first time, but the opposition bloc of communists and socialists refused to participate in it, calling it «a rehearsal for the unification of the two countries.» This will launch the most serious internal processes in Romania itself, which is already going through serious structural adjustments,” Laryushina said. According to her, the meeting should not be seen as an attempt to merge countries, but as a manifestation of a common system of values. /wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1a655a357 63444245e2113bb75025657.jpg» />The Kremlin commented on rumors about plans to join Moldova to Romania»You need to understand that Romania is our neighbor, so we will always have common interests. For example, the problem of Moldova is weak state institutions, the republic still has a lot to do and comprehend, and Romania can share experience,” the expert explains. In 1918, Romania sent troops into the territory of Moldova, drawing a border along the Dniester River (without the territory of present-day Transnistria). The Council of the Territory, created in Chisinau, voted for unification with the neighboring country. Since June 1940, the territory of modern Moldova has not been part of Romania. On the territory of both countries, there are supporters of the idea of unionism, that is, the unification of Romania and Moldova by eliminating the latter as a separate state. According to polls, more than half of Moldovans oppose the idea of unification, about a third of citizens support this process. The EU offered Romania to absorb Moldova
