President Maia Sandu is in permanent contact with heads of European states and governments and other foreign partners, including with President Volodymir Zelensky, on the situation in the region, stated the Moldovan President’s Office. This comes in reaction to statements by the Ukrainian president that this country’s intelligence learned of a Russian ploy to destabilize the situation in Moldova.

“Our competent authorities work to ensure the security of the country and use all the informational help of our partners to anticipate and prevent any attempts to undermine our state”, the President’s Office said in a press release.

The foreign minister Nicu Popescu also commented on the statements, saying that over the past year Moldova has witnessed “failed attempts at destabilizing the government and our European integration course, including through paid protests”. To mitigate this, the foreign minister says the government is working to boost the country’s economic, energy and media resilience, while continuing to fight corruption and modernize the security and defense sector.  

Earlier in the day, the Moldovan Security and Intelligence Service confirmed “subversive activities aimed at undermining Moldova as a state”, but declined to provide further details so as not to jeopardize the ongoing operative work.