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CHISINAU, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Moldova’s leader said on Wednesday that he USA President Joe Biden Russia invited him to visit the small former Soviet republic, whose relations with
President Maia Sandu Facebookwrote that he extended the invitation during a meeting in Warsaw on Tuesday and said the White House confirmed Biden’s support for Moldovan sovereignty. He did not say how Biden responded.
“I took the opportunity of this meeting to convey to the President of the United States that in order to strengthen our economic resilience in the difficult situation we are facing with a war on the border USA“, Sandu wrote. “I the president I invited Biden to visit our country.”
Sandu many times of Russia Russia expressed his fear of wanting to destabilize Moldova, which is heavily dependent on gas, and last week accused Moscow of planning to overthrow the Moldovan leadership, which Moscow denied.
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He is 2020-in the president after his election, he took a pro-Western stance and condemned Russia’s aggression against neighboring Ukraine. Moldova under his leadership Europe He secured the status of a candidate for the Union.
Sandu, who also held talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw, wrote: “I am President Biden of Moldovans.” free to remain part of the world, to live safely and Europe I conveyed that they want to realize their desire to enter the Union.
He thanked Biden for the US support to Moldova’s economy and democracy and for the help in the energy sector.
Sandu Facebookin Russia President Vladimir Putin’s decree based partly on the sovereignty of Moldova in deciding the future of the Transnistria region, where Moscow’s troops are stationed cancellation He did not speak about his decision to do so.
Reporting by Alexander Tanas, writing by Max Hunder, editing by Timothy Heritage
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2023-02-22 19:24:13
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