| The Republic of Moldova is a young state, created along with the other Newly Independent States(NIS) in 1991 after the implosion of the Soviet Union. After the Baltic States, on 24 th August 1991, the Ukrainian parliament adopted the independence declaration, followed on 25 th by Belarus. On 27 th August, the “sovereign, independent, democratic and free” Republic of Moldova was proclaimed. Many Moldovans considered that the act of independence was the first step towards the re-unification with Romania, the mother country of a territory subject of centurial foreign occupation and clashes of cultures and history. However, the prospect of return to Romania was soon turn down because of numerous reasons(the most important being the confused and weak national identity of a population that underwent decades of Russification under the rule of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union) and Moldovan authorities engaged in the complicated task of building the state of the newly proclaimed republic.Foreign affairs were a domain of special importance for the Republic of Moldova since it sought international recognition of the external community, as well as the membership of various international organizations. Of course, the most important fact is to formulate an accurate international policy. The situation of Moldova after the USSR break up was not the same as other former soviet countries, because its foreign policy continued to have strong ties with Russia and didn’t manage to implement radical changes. Being still confused about its focus on the international arena, the Republic of Moldova chose to implement and develop through its foreign policy a balance between West and East. In this research we maintain the idea that along with the intermediate position in the international scene, indispensable for Moldova’s future development is to change its foreign policy vector from East to West. Only I this way, the Republic of Moldova will be able to integrate within the European Union general affairs. |
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