I don’t think Maia Sandu’s statement has any value - even if she were to make a positive statement, that would have no value either, Parliament’s First Vice-Speaker Gia Volski said in response to comments by Moldovan President Maia Sandu.

According to Volski, neither Sandu’s positive nor negative statements should be taken seriously.

“The fear of war is not something taken out of thin air. Sandu, like others of her kind, supported the idea that a process should unfold in Georgia and that blood should be shed here, just as in Ukraine - perhaps then Sandu would be able to breathe a little easier…

She has abolished her own country, stating that it does not exist. When her attitude toward her own country is like that, of course we should not expect her to say anything positive, let alone anything based on analysis. Moldova is in the most difficult situation among [EU] candidate countries. I don’t know what kind of assistance could help it. She has no support in her own country. She is in an extremely difficult political situation. Corruption is devouring the country on an unimaginable scale. The level of poverty in Moldova gives no impression that its position or economic condition will ever improve. Therefore, she has the time to make impudent statements about us.

The Russian Federation occupies 20% of our territory and poses a real threat, both militarily and economically. She knows this very well. I do not think her statement has any value. Even if she made a positive statement, it would have no value, because she does not perceive her own country as an independent, sovereign state. Neither her positive nor negative statements can be taken seriously,” Volski said.

For reference, Moldovan President Maia Sandu stated during her address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that “Russia has brought Georgia back into its orbit.”

“I regret that Georgia, despite the courage of the Georgian people, who continue to defend democratic values, European aspirations, and the right to determine their own future, has been brought back into Russia’s orbit. Russia returned Georgia to its orbit by using the fear of war as a weapon and through messages suggesting that making the wrong choice in elections would come at the cost of peace,” Sandu said.