NATO & UK Mulling Pumping Up Moldova With Bloc's Standard Weapons, Same as Ukraine
After the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine in late February, security issues for some countries that have so far maintained neutrality towards NATO have become vivid. However, Moldova, with its breakaway Transnistria, sparked some fears about the frozen conflict reigniting in the former Soviet republic.
The UK has begun talks with its international allies about delivering sophisticated weaponry to Moldova amid the ongoing reshaping of the European security system, the country's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said. In a Friday interview with the Telegraph, the foreign secretary said that she would like to see the country, which is located to the south-west of Ukraine, "equipped to NATO standard." The statement comes against the background of Moldova not being a member of NATO and the consistent fears that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine could spill over into the territory of other regional countries, especially those that also have political contradictions and examples of separatism.