CHISINAU, June 24. /TASS/. Russia hails Moldova’s striving for independent development, the Russian embassy in Moldova said in a statement on the 35th anniversary of Moldova’s Declaration of Sovereignty.
"Russia welcomes such a tenable approach and supports countries’ striving to determine their future independently, based on their traditions and civilizational specifics. Our country strictly observes the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation of 2002. It doesn’t interfere into Moldova’s domestic affairs, respects its sovereignty, neutral status and territorial integrity," the statement reads.
The Declaration of Sovereignty was passed by the Supreme Council (legislature) of the former Moldovan Soviet Republic on June 23, 1990.
The Russian embassy emphasized that the celebration of this anniversary demonstrated Moldovan society’s commitment to the country’s national interests and reluctance to follow instructions from abroad. "The refusal from the policy of confrontation with Russia is a guarantee of Moldova’s stability and prosperity, good neighborly relations, and equal and mutually beneficial cooperation between our countries," the statement says.
On Monday, Moldova’s largest opposition Party of Socialists and other opposition associations organized a grass-roots rally in front of the parliamentary building in Chisinau. The opposition leaders accused Moldovan President Maia Sandu and her ruling Party of Action and Solidarity of ceding a larger part of the country’s sovereignty to the European Union, Romania, and other foreign countries.
