In Russia, Moldovan president says may scrap EU trade pact
Moldova may scrap a trade agreement with the European Union after the country's next parliamentary elections, Moldovan President Igor Dodon said on Tuesday during his first state visit to Russia.
Speaking in Moscow at a news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dodon said it was "curious" that Moldova's trade turnover with the EU had wilted since signing a political and trade pact with the bloc in 2014.
"We gained nothing from this agreement," he told reporters. "We are not against the EU, we have common borders, but you cannot build a relationship on anti-Russia rhetoric," news agencies quoted him as saying at a news conference held after the meeting with Putin.
