Moldavia wants to join Russia-Belarus Union

Moldavia can already participate as an observer in the arrangements of Russia-Belarus union, Moldavian president Vladimir Voronin told a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday. He pointed out that the issue of Moldavian joining the Russia-Belarus union was touched upon during his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin. According to Voronin, Vladimir Putin's reaction to Moldavia joining the union is positive. "We agreed that this cannot happen immediately", the Moldavian president pointed out. According to him, "it should be made step by step, many questions should be solved and the economic base created so as a firm foundation for unification be built.

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