Sandu says Moldova would be safer united with Romania

Moldovan President Maia Sandu said she supports unification with Romania and believes such a scenario would provide her country with a higher level of security, as quoted by Romanian news agency Mediafax on the sidelines of the Moldova Security Forum, held in Chisinau, CE Report quotes BTA.

“I believe Moldova would be more secure together with Romania. This discussion has been ongoing since the very first day of independence,” Sandu said.

She quickly added that unification would be possible only if the majority of the population supported it.

“This is a fundamental principle. According to opinion polls, such a majority does not currently exist. There is, however, a majority in favour of integration into the European Union, and we are working in that direction,” she said.

Sandu noted that Romania had always helped the Republic of Moldova and that the two countries had important joint projects in the energy sector and other areas.

“Romania is the leading destination for Moldovan goods and our main economic partner. Therefore, everything that happens in Romania also affects us,” she stressed.

Earlier this year, Sandu said she would vote in favour of unification with Romania if a referendum on the issue were held. She made the comment in an interview with British journalists Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell, hosts of the UK’s largest podcast.

At the end of April, Romanian President Nicusor Dan said that Romania “is ready” if the citizens of the Republic of Moldova support a unification project.

A poll conducted in May by Romanian polling agency INSCOP found that nearly 72% of Romanians would support unification with the Republic of Moldova. Romanian media have also noted that Sandu holds Romanian citizenship in addition to Moldovan citizenship.

Meanwhile, Romanian Defence Minister Radu Miruta visited the Republic of Moldova on Thursday and met with his Moldovan counterpart, Anatolie Nosatii, in Chisinau.

In a post on his official Facebook account, Miruta said they had discussed specific issues, including military training, joint exercises, the modernization of Moldova’s National Army, and the exchange of information and assessments concerning regional security threats, including those related to airspace.

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