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"The European Political Community (EPC), which groups 27 EU members with 40 of their allies and excludes Russia and Belarus, chose Ukraine's tiny neighbour Moldova for its second summit.
Less than an hour's drive from a Kremlin-backed breakaway Moldovan region and not much further from war-torn Ukraine, the organisation will try to send a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
First and foremost, holding the summit outside Chisinau shows solidarity with Moldova in the face of Russian destabilization operations and support for its EU membership bid."
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who arrived at the summit’s site on Thursday morning, will be seeking not just solidarity but progress on Ukraine's parallel bids to join NATO and the European Union.
The Moldova summit also comes as NATO ministers, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, met to discuss the agenda of the alliance's next summit.
The NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11 will debate how formal a promise to give Kyiv on how and when to join the alliance, but in the interim Europe is keen to show support."
Russia will have an opinion on this as they have previously threatened other nations like finland for their attempts to join the EU or NATO.
originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: datguy
Russia will have an opinion on this as they have previously threatened other nations like finland for their attempts to join the EU or NATO.
Russia needs to come to terms with that fact that what goes on outside of their borders is not their business.
Independent countries are precisely that. Independent. Russia needs to come out of the stone age.
originally posted by: Jorge1986s
originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: datguy
Russia will have an opinion on this as they have previously threatened other nations like finland for their attempts to join the EU or NATO.
Russia needs to come to terms with that fact that what goes on outside of their borders is not their business.
Independent countries are precisely that. Independent. Russia needs to come out of the stone age.
...Yet you want other countries to throw billions of dollars and support forces to Ukraine to defeat Russia.
Oh the delicious irony.
originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: datguy
Russia needs to come to terms with that fact that what goes on outside of their borders is not their business.
I will report any response from Russia or developments on this story when the information is available.
I wonder what will happen in Transnistria if Moldova joins the EU and there is another successful Ukrainian offensive. They've got to be feeling a bit isolated these days.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: F2d5thCavv2
I wonder what will happen in Transnistria if Moldova joins the EU and there is another successful Ukrainian offensive. They've got to be feeling a bit isolated these days.
It’s often viewed as a break away or autonomous zone. So in some contexts I often hear it referred to as Moldova. I’m not sure how many have recognized Transnistria, but before Moldova entered any economic alliance, I’m sure everyone would want clarity.
So, I think they’d have to recognize it as an independent state seeing as Russia has troops there, it’s just not worth attempts to bring it back into the fold even at a diplomatic level. There’s no way Russia is going to lose an inch of land to the west right now.
originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: datguy
Russia will have an opinion on this as they have previously threatened other nations like finland for their attempts to join the EU or NATO.
Russia needs to come to terms with that fact that what goes on outside of their borders is not their business.
Independent countries are precisely that. Independent. Russia needs to come out of the stone age.
originally posted by: alldaylong
a reply to: datguy
Russia will have an opinion on this as they have previously threatened other nations like finland for their attempts to join the EU or NATO.
Russia needs to come to terms with that fact that what goes on outside of their borders is not their business.
Independent countries are precisely that. Independent. Russia needs to come out of the stone age.