In the Republic of Moldova, it is essential to maintain continuity of a pro-European government after 2025, when parliamentary elections will be held in Moldova, in order to ensure the irreversibility of the Western path of the Republic of Moldova. This is stated in a report by the Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) of Romania for 2023, IPN reports, with reference to RFE/RL’s Moldovan Service.

The CSAT report for 2023 emphasizes the “hybrid” threats planned by Russia against Bucharest, but also the need to maintain the current pro-Western course of the Republic of Moldova.

“The weak institutional capacity, the precariousness of the defense system and the possible extension of the Russian military aggression to the Republic of Moldova required keeping a high level of vigilance, but also of assistance in relation to the neighboring state. In this process, Romania acted to support the cause of the Republic of Moldova at international level and to combine the support of partners, and internally to support institutional reform efforts in multiple areas,” reads the CSAT report that is quoted by the Service.

The document, which was sent to Parliament by President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday, details the main objectives of the “hostile” intelligence services.

“The Russian Federation was the main political and military actor involved in all security files in the neighborhood. Military challenges continued to be generated by Moscow’s actions to preserve and strengthen its influence over states in this area and to project its own geopolitical ambitions,” says the report.

The document also points out that the actions taken by the Kremlin in the summer of 2023, amid the termination of the Grain Transit Agreement, brought the war to the border with Romania and NATO, through Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian Danube ports.