The Republic of Moldova didn’t have a Border Treaty with Romania because the context in which it was constituted as a state was a difficult and non-univocal one, political analyst Viorel Cibotaru said when asked by IPN to comment on the ratification by Parliament of the Boarder Treaty with Romania on June 28.
Viorel Cibotaru said that even if the countries recognized Moldova’s independence 22 years ago, some of the historical agreements signed by Moldova are treated differently in Bucharest, Moscow and Kiev, while Chisinau, volens nolens, has to comply. “I consider that the Moldovan governments are hostage of this situation. We are unable to overcome the frustrations that appeared after World War II,” said the analyst.
As to the ratified treaty, Viorel Cibotaru said it is a technical, standard one that appears in a tridimensional space. The firs dimension is the historical-affective context, the document being regarded from the angle of the relations between Bessarabia and Romania. The second dimension concerns the prospect of the inter-politician relations: Mihai Ghimpu versus Filat and the Communists, while the third dimension is the geopolitical context.
“Any statement and political act is within these dimensions. The debates on the treaty didn’t make things clearer for society. The ball is now in the field of Romania and it is to ratify the treaty. It became evident how opinions about the national identity are divided in society,” stated the analyst.
Under the ratified treaty, the two signatory parties will create a joint commission for verifying the state border and maintaining the state signs. From the year coming after the entering into force of the treaty, the state border will be checked in concert. At the end, there will be formulated new demarcation documents.
