Ukraine wants to see the preservation of Moldova's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has reported.
"Ukraine has been and will be a country that it is extremely interested in the preservation of Moldova’s sovereignty and territorial integrity," the director of the ministry’s information policy department, Oleh Voloshyn, told Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.
He emphasized that today, during the Astana summit, it is more than ever important that all member states of the OSCE reaffirm their commitment to the principles of the territorial integrity of the countries on the continent.
"In this regard, any statements, no matter who makes them, about the possible, even distant prospect of the decentralization of Moldova and shifting its borders in one direction or other, cause nothing concern and embarrassment for Ukraine," Voloshyn said.
He concluded that the success of Ukraine’s integration into the EU depends on the country itself, and it doesn’t need any assistance through an artificial displacement of the EU borders to the east.
Romanian President Traian Basescu earlier said in an interview with a Romanian newspaper that Moldova could become part of his country in the next 25 years. He noted that the border between Romania and the EU would run in this case along the Dniester River, while Ukraine would gain a strong stimulus for further democratization and EU integration.
