Jean-François Pérès 11:08 a.m., February 11, 2023
While Moldova denounced a Russian "destabilize" against it, kyiv claimed that Russian missiles flew over Romania, a member of NATO.
If Bucharest has denied the information, the two countries are at the heart of many strategic issues, raising fears of a diplomatic escalation a few days before the anniversary of the Russian invasion.
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Moldova, a former Soviet republic located between Romania and Ukraine, on Thursday denounced Russian activities of "destabilizing" against it, for its part summoned the Russian ambassador to denounce an "unacceptable violation" of its space air.
kyiv at the same time even announced that two missiles fired by Moscow had flown over Romania, a member of NATO.
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Roughly speaking, Moldova is to Romania what Belgium is to France.
The two countries share to a large extent the same language, the same culture, the same history.
Even if they moved away during the communist era, Romania was relatively independent, Moldova was a republic of the USSR The two cousins have found each other since the fall of the Wall.
Many Moldovans have acquired or regained dual Romanian nationality with the hope of becoming European citizens.
Out of the question for Russia, which controls part of the territory, a self-proclaimed republic, Transnistria.
Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, said that Moldova could soon suffer the same fate as Ukraine.
Worrying, they say in Chisinau, the capital.
Pitiful, deplores the European authorities.
For all these reasons, if Moldova were to be attacked, it is difficult to imagine Romania and NATO with it not reacting accordingly.