EU pledges €120 million to help Moldova’s air defence system

L’Unione europea stanzia 120 milioni di euro per sostenere il sistema di difesa aerea della Moldavia


European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo (Reuters)

BRUSSELS, July 13 (Reuters) - The European Union pledged on Monday aid worth €120 million ($137.14 million) to strengthen the air defence system of Moldova.

• “The Council today adopted an assistance measure worth €120 million under the European Peace Facility in support of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova to enhance the country’s air defence capabilities,” said a statement from the Council of the EU.

• Moldova’s relations with Russia have been soured by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, its eastern neighbour, and it said last November that Russian drones had entered Moldovan airspace.

• Moldova is nestled between Ukraine and EU member Romania. It has a Romanian-speaking majority and a large Russian-speaking minority. Political power has oscillated for decades between parties supporting closer ties with Europe and those seeking better relations with Moscow.

($1 = 0.8750 euros)

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

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