A close ally of Putin, an unexpected message for Chisinau on Independence Day: “May the sky above your country are always clear”

The president of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukaşenko, the ally of Vladimir Putin, who provided the territory of the country to invade Ukraine in 2022, sent a congratulatory message to Chisinau on the occasion of the Independence Day, notes News.ro.

“I am convinced that, despite the current challenges and threats, the wisdom and harassment of the Moldovan people will allow the difficulties to overcome and will ensure the constant development of a sovereign, authentic and prosperous country,” says Lukaşnko in the message transmitted by his press service.

“I strongly believe that, regardless of the political situation, Belaru and Moldovans will continue to maintain friendship, based on profound and confidence,” says the leader of Belarus, a country that, like the Republic of Moldova, was part of the USSR.

“May the sky above your country are always clear, and in each house to rule the understanding and well-being,” he told Moldovans Aleksandr Lukaşnko, an authoritarian leader who has been in power, being the “oldest” head of state in Europe.

Russia and Belarus formed a state union, and Moscow placed strategic nuclear missiles in Belarus, being for the first time after the Cold War when it transported such weapons outside the territory of the Russian Federation.

According to Newsmaker, greetings and greetings of friendship were also transmitted by states such as Turkey, Serbia, China, Japan, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Australia and New Zealand, but also from several countries in the Caucasus, Middle East and Central Asia, including Azerbaijan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkmenistan and Oman.

A symbolic gesture came from India, where Qutub Minar, the highest brick tower in the world, was illuminated in the colors of the Flag of the Republic of Moldova, and the country anthem rang in New Delhi.

The leaders of France, Germany and Poland, a firm support message for the Republic of Moldova

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk have expressed support for the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the EU, criticizing the “lies” and Russian “hybrid attacks” on Wednesday during a symbolic visit to Chisinau, AFP reports.

The three leaders met with President Maia Sandu on Wednesday, when 34 years have passed since the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova. The visit took place, the day before the start of the election campaign for the parliamentary elections of the Republic of Moldova on September 28 and against the backdrop of Russian interference.

“The propaganda of the Kremlin tells us that Europeans want to prolong the war and that the European Union is oppressed. These are lies. Unlike Russia, the European Union does not threaten anyone and respects the sovereignty of all,” Macron said in a common press conference with the other three leaders, in which he expressed the “Republic”.

Merz said that “the door to the European Union is open.” The Chancellor of Germany added that the Republic of Moldova would be “welcome wholeheartedly in the European Union” and that Berlin will “do everything we can to open the first chapter of negotiations in the fall.”

“Before the parliamentary elections here, there is no day without massive hybrid hybrid attacks,” said Friedrich Merz, noting that “the democracy of the Republic of Moldova is in view, online and offline.”