“Now that we have a war in our neighborhood, in Ukraine, it is very important today to remember the horrors of war, to commemorate those who died in battle, whose life was destroyed by the war, whose families were separated by the war,” Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița stated after laying flowers at the Memorial Complex “Eternity” in Chisinau, IPN reports.

According to the Premier, together we should do our best to maintain social cohesion, to take a step forward, to communicate with each other so as not to allow the peace and stability we need to be disturbed.

For his part, Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu called on the citizens not to consider a lot who was stronger in the war as people fought on both of the sides. “We have families in which a grandparent was involved on one side of the barricade, while another grandparent on another side of the barricade and not because they were somehow ideologically driven by the conflagration that took place,” said the Speaker.

In a message on social media, Igor Grosu called upon the people to celebrate Memory Day on May 9 in peace. “It is hard to believe that today, in over 80 years, gunfire is again heard in our neighborhood, this time in the neighboring Ukraine. Is hard to believe that in 2022 we are witness rot such atrocities. During over two months, we have lived a nightmare near the Ukrainian citizens,” said the official.

He warned that the war represents “the biggest evil” and peace should triumph and the people should return to a normal life. “Let’s celebrate the memory of our forerunners who sacrificed their lives for us to live in peace. This is real homage for them. Today we want to celebrate peace. We should not allow the war to steal our present and future,” noted Igor Grosu.

The presidential press service said that President Maia Sandu will be unable to take part in the public events scheduled for May 9 for health reasons.