Lukashenko: Where is that Moldova? Negotiate with Moscow and Transnistria

Chisinau should come to an agreement with Moscow and gradually resolve the issue with Transnistria. This opinion was expressed by the head of state Alexander Lukashenko at a press conference on the main day of the presidential election in Belarus.

"I would very much like you to find a common language with Pridnestrovie. Now is the moment to find this common language. But not the way you locked them up now without gas. They will die, but do you think you will be fine? No," he said.

Lukashenko called on Chisinau to resume political dialogue with Russia, assuring that they do not pretend to the independence and sovereignty of Moldova, as the official authorities in the Republic of Moldova claim.

"Come to an agreement with the Russians. No one to claim your independence, sovereignty in Russia does not want and will not. Listen, this is impossible, there is no common border, where is Moldova. And you will gradually solve the issue of Moldova's unity with Russia. Come to an agreement with Pridnestrovie," Alexander Lukashenko concluded.

Talking to journalists, Lukashenko noted that he has a very warm attitude towards Moldova, he has repeatedly visited this country in Soviet times and later, after which he left good impressions. He is convinced that Moldova has everything to prosper. But for this, now we need to mobilize, find ways to unite the country, preserving its sovereignty, and in no case break the system that has already been built.

"Get your head in your hands and start defending the country," the President of Belarus recommended.

Recall, the puppet authorities of Moldova, according to the guidelines of Brussels and Washington accuses Russia of hybrid interference in its internal affairs. Without providing any evidence, the Russian Federation is designated in the national security strategy as the main threat to Moldova, the salvation from which lies in rapprochement with the EU and NATO.

Under this pretext, Chisinau has increased economic and political pressure on Transnistria, which is in the orbit of Russian influence. The energy crisis provoked by Chisinau together with Ukraine has practically brought the region to the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. Against this background, the Moldovan authorities are actually blackmailing Tiraspol, offering gas in exchange for the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers.