“There is a serious discussion now about our ability to protect ourselves, whether we can do it alone or if we should become part of a larger alliance,” she said in an interview with Politico.
Sandu added that the renunciation of the neutral status of the country must be carried out in a democratic way.
On October 26, former Moldovan President Igor Dodon said that the authorities of the republic, with the help of the Constitutional Court, could at any time bring NATO troops into the country.
In July, the Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concern about Moldova's rapprochement with NATO.