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Mihai Popșoi welcomes the decision of the EU Foreign Affairs Council

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mihai Popșoi, welcomed the decision taken by the EU Foreign Affairs Council to adopt restrictive measures against five individuals and an entity responsible for destabilizing actions in the Republic of Moldova. In a message, the deputy prime minister emphasized the importance of this approach in the context of national security and stability.

"This important step contributes to strengthening resilience and combating malignant influence in the Republic of Moldova," reads the message.

The High Representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, underlined the firm support of the European Union for the sovereignty and integrity of our country.

"The Republic of Moldova is facing massive direct attempts by Russia to destabilize the country, as well as challenges generated by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. This is a direct threat to a sovereign country, to its democratic life, to its path to the European Union. The EU will continue to provide full support to the legitimate aspirations of the Moldovan people. Today's listings are yet another contribution to Moldova's resilience," Josep Borell concluded.

We confirm that five people who are trying to destabilize the Republic of Moldova have been included in a new package of European Union sanctions, announced today by the head of diplomacy from Bucharest, Luminița Odobescu, at the monthly meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council held in Luxembourg .

Those targeted are the mayor of Gagauzia, Evghenia Guțul, the deputy head of the external relations department at Comrat, Iuri Cuznețov, the founder and director of the Evrazia organization, Nelli Parutenco, the deputy president of the Executive Committee of Gagauzia, member of the People's Assembly Ilia Uzun and the deputy mayor and adviser, Mihail Vlah.

The list of sanctions includes "Eurasia" - autonomous non-commercial organization for the promotion of international cooperation. The sanctions are applied for propaganda activity, but also for the role played in the channelling from Şor and a Russian bank of money intended for some people from the Gagauz autonomy.

Those targeted by the sanctions are subject to an asset freeze and a ban on receiving funds or economic resources, either directly or indirectly. In addition, sanctioned persons are prohibited from traveling to the European Union.

The restrictive measures in this package of sanctions apply to 16 individuals and 2 entities. The first was the fugitive oligarch Shor on May 30 last year, he is also sanctioned by the American, British and Canadian governments.

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