Chisinau demands that the Russian Army stop recruiting Moldovan citizens
According to Moldavia’s Publika News, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova has sent a note to the Russian Federation with a demand to stop the illegal recruitment of Moldovan citizens.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova has sent a note to the Russian Embassy in Moldova, in which it requires the Russian Federation to stop the illegal recruitment of young people into the Russian army on the territory of the Republic of Moldova,” the statement said.
The Moldovan authorities have been forced to resort to such actions after several cases of recruitment recorded in the village of Tirnauca in the Slobozia region of Transnistria. A few similar cases had been recorded in other places earlier.
In its appeal, the Ministry recalls that such actions of the Russian representatives contradict Moldovan legislation, the norms and principles of international law and bilateral agreements between Moldova and Russia, in particular, the regulations of the agreement on friendship and cooperation between the Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation.