Moldova President Says Chisinau Strongly Rejects NATO, Remains Neutral

Moldovan President Igor Dodon said at a meeting with Speaker of Russia’s State Duma that Chisinau is determined to maintain neutrality and strongly rejects the idea of joining NATO.

"There are three or four things, which cannot be a matter of negotiations, namely, our nationhood, that is, Moldova’s preservation and preventing its unification with any countries, our neutrality," Igor Dodon said during his meeting with Vyacheslav Volodin, TASS reported.

"We strongly reject NATO. The third key issue is our Orthodox Christianity, which means that we do not need the European values they are trying to impose on us in every possible way," the Moldova President said.

"And the fourth key issue is strategic partnership with our friends in Russia," Dodon emphasized.
  [farsnews.com]
10/5/17
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