The Moldovan government is boosting its efforts to improve EU support among its divided public — partly by emphasising its strategic importance during the Ukraine war.
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00:00Moldova is deeply polarized among pro-EU and pro-Russian public opinions.
00:12A referendum on the accession of the country to the EU displayed that only a tiny majority
00:16of the Moldovan people wants to join the bloc.
00:22The Moldovan foreign minister, Mihai Popsoy, was in Brussels to affirm his government's
00:26will to catch up on the EU integration against all geopolitical odds.
00:38Many Moldovans would have liked to be in the same position as our brothers in Romania or
00:42like our good friends from the Baltic countries.
00:46And Russian propaganda is very instrumental in feeding this narrative that you are never
00:51going to be in Europe, that you are second class.
00:55But we need to work hard to combat that narrative to show that we are already a candidate country,
00:59that we are already advancing on our European path.
01:03The war in Ukraine has also put Moldova under the spotlights of the international stage.
01:08The country played an essential strategic role of logistic hub and rear guard.
01:14Due to its pending problems with Russia in its breakaway region of Transnistria, Moldova
01:19considers that a simple ceasefire wouldn't be the solution for Ukraine.
01:24Nobody in line with international law can recognize what Russia claims to be its territory
01:31now because it's not.
01:33It's Ukraine's territory.
01:35And we will look at how the things will develop, but we also are encouraged by the support
01:43that we get from our friends in Kyiv that whenever the discussion will come, we also
01:47hope that the Transnistrian issue will be part of the solution.
01:51There are Russian troops and munitions in Moldova that need to leave.
01:54And in the context of this settlement, that should also be on the agenda.
01:58The Transnistrian question has been representing a crucial political burden for Moldova's development.
02:06The over 30 years old ceasefire between the pro-Russian breakaway region and the legitimate
02:11Republic of Moldova has by far proved only useful to the interests of Moscow.
02:20I'm afraid we are not in a position to impose outcomes or suggest outcomes.
02:25We have our own frozen conflict for 30 years and we would certainly not recommend it to
02:29anyone.