Transnistria will be one of the points, says former Moldovan president
The countries of the West will present a political bill to Maia Sandu for her victory in the Moldovan presidential elections, and one of the points will be the influence on the situation in the Transnistrian region. This was stated by the former President of the Republic, Igor Dodon, in an interview with TASS.
He noted that factors such as coronavirus pandemic and drought, due to which the republic lost about 60 per cent of the grain harvest, influenced the outcome of the presidential election. “Plus, I think the West tried very seriously,” Dodon added. – Inside the country, everyone has united against one another. Several thousand – 14,000 – NGOs who worked hard on this election campaign for Maia Sandu. And, of course, the unprecedented mobilization of Moldovan citizens who are temporarily or permanently in EU countries.”
At the same time, the former Moldovan president believes that the Western countries will give a political bill to Sandu for her victory in the elections.
“It seems to me that this is very dangerous for Moldova, because most likely the position of the West, mainly the US, will be to provoke some other conflict in order to drag Russia down. We see the first statements, and these are statements on Transnistria, against the Russian peacekeepers. At the beginning of January there will be a visit of the new president of Moldova to Kiev. If there is a unified position there on how to block Transnistria, I think this is the political bill that the new president will have to pay”, – Dodon said.
According to him, the outcome of the Moldovan elections was the result of a “tough geopolitical game”.
“If we see and follow what is happening around Russia now, we understand that everything for these elections in Moldova was part of an overall strategy”, – he added. – “I clearly understand and realize that it will be very bad for Moldova, it is an attempt to light another fuse around Russia – and this will be just the leading role of the new Moldovan president. It may be interesting for some overseas partners, but I do not see why the biggest European countries – France, Germany and others – should have another hot spot blazing near the border.”