Anatolie Nosatîi
“The best expertise and the best systems capable of countering the new missile and drone systems used by the Russian Federation – which, regrettably, are flying over the airspace of the Republic of Moldova, endangering the lives of citizens – can only be obtained from the Ukrainians. They are the ones who test and use them day in, day out to protect their citizens and critical infrastructure,” the minister stated.
Anatolie Nosatîi maintains that the new technical-military cooperation agreement with Ukraine does not provide for the provision of direct military assistance to a state involved in armed conflict. He specified that it covers areas such as the modernisation and safe operation of military equipment and armaments, logistics, communications systems, the training of specialists, the protection of critical infrastructure, the transfer of knowledge and technology, research and development in military production, as well as the strengthening of cyber defence and airspace surveillance capabilities.
“In accordance with Article 3 of the signed agreement, cooperation will be limited exclusively to consultation, analysis and the exchange of technical and scientific information, specialist documentation, best practice and professional experience. Therefore, actions carried out in the context of implementing this agreement cannot be interpreted as the provision of direct military assistance to a state involved in an armed conflict. I have read out the text exactly as set out in the agreement, so as to leave no room for manipulation or the misinformation of citizens.”
The full text of the document will be made public after it has been submitted to Parliament for ratification.
Nosatîi also stated that the Republic of Moldova already has a comprehensive framework for military cooperation with several states, including in the technical and material sphere: technical-military cooperation agreements have been in force with Belarus since 1995, the Russian Federation since 1997, and Turkey since 2000.
It should be noted that the Agreement on Technical and Military Cooperation was signed on 26 October in Kyiv by the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Moldova, Anatolie Nosatîi, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Yevhenii Khmara.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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