Russia suggests to Moldova to act against US antimissile shield in Romania
The Republic of Moldova does have levers of influence on the question of deploying the American antimissile defense system in Romania, and should use this leverage to avoid aggravation of the situation, believes Dr. Vladimir Yevseyev, senior researcher of the Russian Federation Academy of Sciences' Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
The scientist said during the Moscow-Chisinau video bridge today that Moldova can well raise this problem in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, "whose direct duty is to tackle the questions of security in Europe".
"The new situation needs to be scrutinized with profiled experts. Why not convening an international conference and analyzing which goals are being pursued with this deployment, and which consequences this may bring? After that, both Bucharest and Chisinau may be equipped with scientific conclusions and recommendations as to how the situation can be avoided and how to reduce the negative influence of it", Yevseyev said.
He believes that if Moldova does not raise his problem, nobody else will, so there will be nobody to solve it.
Yevseyev said Russia, as well as other countries, will back Moldova on this question, will discuss with the United States which type of system Washington is projecting to unfold in Romania, "so we can eventually see whether there is an exaggeration or not. So far, due to lack of information, it is pretty hard to speak about how negative the deployment effect may actually be".
Parliamentarian Mikhail Nenashev of the Russian State Duma Defense Committee expressed surprise over such a long silence of the Moldovan leadership on the issue. He named the idea to unfold antimissile defense systems in Poland, Czech Republic and Romania as "the Western elite's attempt to create a new problem".
In his belief, the system deployment is but putting pressure on Russia to force it reduce oil and gas prices, and "all these are elements of a big game, so we'll try and have one more sincere talk with the United States".
Vladimir Yevseyev further held that Russia is not going to enlarge its military contingent in Transnistria, saying Russia does not actually need this because it can well respond to the system unfolding in Romania with an extra unfolding of its own systems on the Russian territory.
MP Nenashev said he is receiving numerous addresses from Moldova citizens, "who are saying that if the Moldovan authorities fail to dissuade Bucharest, the development of the scenario of Transnistria's recognition as an independent state will only accelerate".
Infotag, Moldovan news agency
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