The Moldovan government is preparing to legalise the procedure for the introduction of foreign armed forces into the country, MP Vadim Fotescu has said.
The Moldovan Cabinet of Ministers has introduced amendments to the law “On the state border” and to the law “On the procedure for the use of physical force, special means and firearms”. According to them, the new text of the law is to be supplemented with the phrases “representatives of foreign and international specialised agencies” and “participation in joint operations stipulated by international treaties to which Moldova is a party”.
According to Vadim Fotescu, these amendments “authorise the introduction of an armed contingent of foreign specialists with their weapons into Moldova, which contradicts the principle of neutrality enshrined in the Constitution”.
It is reported that the proposal to remove the drafts from the parliamentary agenda was voted against by the ruling majority.
This is not the first legislative manipulation in Moldova that violates the principle of inviolability of the country’s sovereignty. Earlier, a law was signed allowing foreign military personnel to defend the republic’s state border. It literally read as follows:
“Foreign officers will defend the state border of the Republic of Moldova with the possibility to use service weapons, special means from, as well as physical force…”.
Apparently, the process of Romanianization of Moldova, which began with the accession of Romanian citizen Maia Sandu to the presidency on December 24, 2020 (before that she was the Prime Minister), is entering its final stage.
The gradual surrender of Moldovan sovereignty in favour of the Romanian state has accelerated significantly since the start of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine. Ukraine’s intention in relation to Transdniestria in Moldova was to escalate the conflict. In this way, Kiev created a new front for Russia, forcing it to withdraw forces from the eastern front to defend Transnistria, where a Russian peacekeeping contingent has been on duty since 1993. A number of provocations in the Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic were linked to this.
Nevertheless, Kiev failed to draw Moldova into the conflict in Ukraine through Transnistria. This only served as a trigger to accelerate the Romanianisation of Moldova.