Petru-Ioan
pre 12 godina
Chere Francois (I get you're French, so good for you!), you may rest assured, there is no need for Romania to do more to ensure the existence of the independent and sovereign Republic of Moldova.
There is widespread agreement in Romania that our sister-and-neighbour country should stay like that, because any steps down the path of the nationalistic dream of "Greater Romania" will bring us nothing good. Actually, we have to thank the ex-Yugoslavs for this sober approach. Furthermore, you may observe that Romania has no problem with the name of Moldavia Republic, although almost two-thirds or the historical province of Moldavia are today part of Romania, as a region... it's a similar situation with Greece versus Macedonia, with Greeks using the name "Macedonia" for their region - unlike them, we have no problem (probably because the vast majority of Moldavians are, practically, Romanians, and we are part of the same people).
On a personal note, I think it's better for everybody to have a 2.7 millions Romanians living in another (Romanian) country instead having a unique, bigger/unified country with added minorities of 440,000 Ukrainians, 370,000 Russians and 150,000 Gagauzi. Last but not least, the territory beyond the Dniestr River (the area of the separatist "Republic of Transnistria") has never been part of the historical province of Moldavia - but it was given by USSR to the Soviet Republic of Moldova (as, for example, Bukovina, a region in North of Romania, at the border with Ukraine, was never part of Ukraine, but was wrested from Romania through the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact and given to USSR, ending up today as part of Ukraine...). Therefore, to enlighten you regarding the state-of-play, one strong reason for Romania refusing to recognize Kosovo is the simple fact that such an action would undermine Bucharest support for Moldavia Republic's sovereignty over the separatist territory of Transnistria (of which authorities, as you may know, are fully supported by Moscow).
Therefore, dear Francois, the "politique" down here, in this forsaken corner of the world, is more complicated than you (are even able to) imagine. So, I would kindly advise you to do some research (I see you have access to internet...) before contributing to this forum. Of course, if you are not French, but citizen of Belgium, than I would simply say "mind the business of your own ready-to-explode-under-nationalist-pressure country".
And if you're Canadian, or American, than simply stay out of such discussion, as Canada or US have, together, 20 times less history than any country in Balkans, and 10 times less experience regarding nationalist conflicts and their consequences!
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