The new Prime Minister of Moldova, Doreen Rechan, stressed the necessity of disarming the separatist region of Transnistria economically and socially in Moldova, and the evacuation of Russian forces from it.
Recan also called for integrating the population of the eastern region into Moldova.
This region is not under the control of the Moldovan authorities, since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992, and is ruled by separatists who are described as inclined to unite with Russia.
The region did not receive any international recognition of its independence, and there are 1,500 Russian soldiers sent there by a unilateral decision, and Moscow says that they are to keep the peace in it, and the region also depends on Russian resources that are provided to it for free, such as gas.
The region, with its population - which is approximately 470 thousand - includes different ethnicities, Russian, Ukrainian and Moldovan in different proportions.
For its part, the Kremlin advised the Moldovan authorities to exercise caution in the matter of the Russian peacekeepers stationed in Transnistria.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described what he called the Moldovan government's focus on everything anti-Russian as anti-Russian hysteria.
It is noteworthy that the President of Moldova, Maya Sandu, presented, on February 13, plans that she said that Russia is trying to implement in the capital, Kishinev, to overthrow the pro-European regime by carrying out "violent attacks and hostage-taking," and announced the strengthening of security measures.
Sandu said the Kremlin is counting on "the participation of internal forces" such as the wealthy pro-Russian party of Ilan Sur, as well as citizens of Russia, Belarus, Serbs and Montenegrins.
Moscow denied these accusations, and said through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "Such allegations are baseless," accusing Ukraine at the same time of seeking to turn Moldova against Russia, and accused the authorities in Kishnev of being hostile to Moscow.
Moldova, which has been a candidate since the summer of 2022 to join the European Union, has been witnessing crises since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and has been denouncing for several months "Russian blackmail in the field of energy" with Moscow cutting its gas supplies in half.