Sun May 11, 2014 7:15 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff
http://www.rferl.org/content/
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
May 10, 2014
NATO's Vershbow Warns Against Moves To Bring Transdniester 'Closer To Russia'
By Liliana Barbarosie
NATO Deputy Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow has warned against attempts to bolster Moscow-backed rebels in Moldova as Kyiv scrambles to quell a separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine.
Speaking to RFE/RL ahead of his visit to Moldova next week, Vershbow said Moldova was facing "increasing pressure" due to the crisis in Ukraine.
He called on Moscow to "respect Moldova's territorial integrity" and said the alliance would look "very negatively" at any attempt to bring Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region "closer to Russia."
Vershbow said he would discuss efforts to increase Moldova's military capacities during his visit to Chisinau.
Moldova is not a NATO member but joined the alliance's Partnership for Peace program in 1994.
The standoff in Ukraine, where government troops have been fighting rebels in the Russian-leaning east following Russia's annexation of Crimea, has sparked fears Transdniester could be Moscow's next target.
NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, warned in March that Russian troops massed on Ukraine's eastern border were well positioned to invade Transdniester.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
May 10, 2014
NATO's Vershbow Warns Against Moves To Bring Transdniester 'Closer To Russia'
By Liliana Barbarosie
NATO Deputy Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow has warned against attempts to bolster Moscow-backed rebels in Moldova as Kyiv scrambles to quell a separatist uprising in eastern Ukraine.
Speaking to RFE/RL ahead of his visit to Moldova next week, Vershbow said Moldova was facing "increasing pressure" due to the crisis in Ukraine.
He called on Moscow to "respect Moldova's territorial integrity" and said the alliance would look "very negatively" at any attempt to bring Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region "closer to Russia."
Vershbow said he would discuss efforts to increase Moldova's military capacities during his visit to Chisinau.
Moldova is not a NATO member but joined the alliance's Partnership for Peace program in 1994.
The standoff in Ukraine, where government troops have been fighting rebels in the Russian-leaning east following Russia's annexation of Crimea, has sparked fears Transdniester could be Moscow's next target.
NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, warned in March that Russian troops massed on Ukraine's eastern border were well positioned to invade Transdniester.
Heres one of the better episodes of RT's Crosstalk (one where you can actually hear what the guests actually say!)
ReplyDelete... Dr Kevin Barret, former Brit Intel specialist Charles Shoebridge and Andrew Korybko discuss Ukraine.
Raise some pretty interesting points, Ukraine as the failed state of Europe, the threat of weapons/arms and Neo-Nazi extremism moving West into Europe, break down of law and order... a dangerous situation in Europe! (EUROPE!!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ41_o52yvs