Moldovan President: Majority of Population Opposes Idea of Joining NATO

Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that the majority of her country's citizens oppose the idea of the country giving up neutrality and joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

"People must want it (joining NATO), because it means changes in the constitution and this must be done through a referendum, however, if we look at the opinion polls today, we will see There is no serious support for the idea of abandoning neutrality," she said in an interview with PRO TV.

In a speech at the Munich Security Conference, Sandu asked NATO members to help her country combat the spread of information reflecting Russia's view of global developments on social media.

Opinion polls show that more than 55% of Moldovans strongly oppose the country's membership in NATO and 27% support the initiative. However, Sandu did not rule out earlier the possibility of Moldova abandoning neutrality and joining the Western military alliance amid the Ukrainian crisis and also expressed interest in strengthening cooperation with NATO in rearming the army.