“I believe that we need to be friends with everyone, it is important for us to develop a strategic partnership with Russia, we must strengthen our neutrality,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Dodon believes that the fact that Moldova received the status of an EU candidate is connected with the situation in Ukraine.
He recalled that "there are many countries that have been in this capacity for decades, but no one is going to accept them."
He also said that there are "a lot of problems" in the EU.
In addition, Dodon said that there is a high probability of "big protests" in Moldova.