But the West is rallying round the tiny former Soviet republic
Dorin Recean, Ms Gavrilita’s replacement says raising wages is a priority. But he stresses that beefing up Moldova’s defences is another. In the past few weeks Moldovan officials have appealed to the West for help in securing the country’s virtually undefended skies. But devoting resources to rebuilding Moldova’s puny defence capabilities is controversial when the cost of living is the main concern of most people.
On February 2nd Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, said that the West wanted Moldova “to play the role of the next Ukraine”. Similar previous threats have prompted Moldova’s friends to come to its aid. Last June the country became anhas now promised €40m in non-lethal military aid for such things as drones and cyber-defence; Germany is supplying 19 armoured personnel-carriers. On February 14th-15th a meeting ofInternally things may be changing, too.
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