Moldova’s President-elect Igor Dodon salutes PSD’s win

Republic of Moldova’s President-elect Igor Dodon has saluted the victory of the Social-Democratic Party (PSD) on his Facebook page, saying he hopes the PSD leaders will balance the rhetoric of Bucharest in regard to Moldova.

“We learn that in Romania too the political left has registered a remarkable electoral success. I salute the PSD victory and I express the hope that the leaders of this party will balance the rhetoric of Bucharest in regard to Republic of Moldova. We are counting on the fact that the new government will show more respect to the independence and sovereignty of our country, whereas the unionist movements will be regarded as marginal and radical entities, lost in the waters of democracy,” Igor Dodon wrote on Facebook.

In his turn, the Vice-president of the Democratic Party, Vlad Plahotniuc, has congratulated PSD for the results in elections, underscoring that he is “glad for the victory of the Romanian friends and partners.”

Some two weeks ago, Moldovan president-elect Igor Dodon answered on Facebook to the statements made by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, saying he had sent an open letter to the Romanian head of state this spring and hasn’t received an answer. He expresses hope that “in the relations between presidents it is of bon ton to reply to open letters.” In his letter dated March, Dodon had accused Romania of direct threats to Republic of Moldova’s statehood.

In the letter dated March 22, 2016, Dodon wrote that Romania was one of the first countries to officially recognize Republic of Moldova’s independence, has contributed to the dynamics of bilateral relations and that the Bucharest government has offered support.

“Despite the cultural, economic and diplomatic close relations between our states, despite the confidence I have granted to the Bucharest leadership during the years, we now have all grounds to suspect the Romanian state of open interests to put an end to the sovereignty and independence of Republic of Moldova. In other words, we have grounds to suspect the direct threats against Republic of Moldova’s statehood,” Dodon wrote.

Dodon also mentioned former President Traian Basescu as the “impertinent speaking-tube for unionism and of anti-Moldovan attitude.”