{"id":442468,"date":"2016-08-30T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T11:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=442468"},"modified":"2016-09-21T22:06:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T22:06:21","slug":"eyebrows-raised-moldova-romania-us-ambassador-declares-union-not-practical-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/eyebrows-raised-moldova-romania-us-ambassador-declares-union-not-practical-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyebrows raised in Moldova and Romania after US Ambassador declares the union is “not a practical solution”"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

After the Ambassador of the United States of America in Moldova, James Pettit, declared in an interview for the public TV channel M1 that “Moldova is not Romania” and that it has a different history and identity, several politicians, public persons and part of the public opinion came with declarations doubting the politically correctness of His Excellency.<\/p>\n

Asked about the viability of both the statehood of the Republic of Moldova and the Union of Moldova with Romania, Pettit declared:
\n“I think it is important, and it is our policy, and I think it is a policy here, that Moldova needs to remain a sovereign and independent country inside secure borders. Joining Romania, for example, is a mean to get into the EU or for whatever reason, is really not a practical solution, it is not practical choice, it is not a choice that is going to make things better.<\/strong> What will make things better here in Moldova is for the political class and the people all cooperate for making this a better country for Moldovans. <\/em>Moldova is not Romania, Moldova has its own unique history, it has its own unique challenges. Among those challenges there is the fact that Moldova is a multietnic country with people speaking different languages, of course there is the issue of Transnistria, that is not even under central government control, but needs a special status which is an ultimate goal, but a special status within Republic of Moldova”<\/em>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

This statement incited Romanian sentiments in a part of the political class and society.<\/p>\n

On August 30th, several unionist organizations together and dozens of people protested in front of the US Embassy in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, calling for the resignation of Ambassador Pettit:
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