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Moldova signs application to join the EU amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

“It is the moment our country has irreversibly anchored itself in the European space,” foreign minister Nicu Popescu said.

Andra Maciuca by Andra Maciuca
2022-03-04 10:30
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Moldova’s president has officially signed an application for her country to join the European Union, paving a Western future rushed by Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

Maia Sandu’s move on Thursday comes days after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy also applied for Ukraine’s immediate EU membership amid the conflict started by Kremlin forces.

Russia is against eastern expansion of both the European bloc and the Western-led military alliance NATO, which they regard as a threat to their national security.

Moldova wants to ‘be part of the free world’

According to Reuters, Sandu signed the application together with Moldova’s prime minister and parliamentary speaker at capital Chisinau, after three decades of independence from the Soviet Union, which have seen pro-Russian and pro-EU politicians competing for control.

She said: “It took 30 years for Moldova to reach maturity, but today the country is ready to take responsibility for its own future.

“We want to live in peace, prosperity, be part of the free world. While some decisions take time, others must be made quickly and decisively, and taking advantage of the opportunities that come with a changing world.”

The time is now: #Moldova officially signs the application for membership to join the #European Union. 🇲🇩 citizens are prepared to work hard towards a stable and prosperous future in the 🇪🇺 & the family of European states. pic.twitter.com/35a2q9WCaW

— Maia Sandu (@sandumaiamd) March 3, 2022

Foreign minister Nicu Popescu praised the move as “a day future generations will proudly relate to”.

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“It is the moment our country has irreversibly anchored itself in the European space,” he said, according to Al Jazeera.

Georgia also joined Ukraine and Moldova in applying to join EU

Negotiations by Chisinau and Kyiv have not begun, but generally talks to join the European Union last many years due to the need to match national legislation with EU rules.

The former Soviet republic of Georgia also formally applied for EU membership on Thursday.

Upon signing the application, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said: “History has deemed the European choice of the Georgian people as its strategic aim.”

Meanwhile, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov accused the US of trying to have “the whole of Europe” under its control, likening the Americans to Hitler and Napoleon.

Russia accuses US of having Europe ‘under their control’

He said: “Napoleon and Hitler had the objective to have the whole of Europe under their control, now Americans have got Europe under their control.

“We see that the situation what role the EU is really playing in the context of the global situation, they are just fulfiling a role.”

He added: “We see that there’s a picture like in Hollywood of absolute evil and absolute good and this is unfortunate.

“I think that this hysteria will end and our partners will settle down after a while and we will sit down to negotiate but only on one absolute condition and that is as equal parties.”

This week, former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has also hit out at the West with regards to NATO, saying they should “go back to the original agreements” on Ukraine made in Budapest and Minsk, which he said were “designed to bring along a long-term ceasefire”.

But the US and its allies, which include the UK, insisted NATO is a defensive military alliance which poses no threats to Russia.

Related: What my Auntie, who fled the Russians in 1944, taught me of war and refugees

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