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Western donors to pledge cash for war-victim Moldova
Major collateral victim of the conflict in Ukraine
21 November, 15:27
(ANSA-AFP) - PARIS, NOV 21 - Dozens of countries met in Paris
on Monday for a conference aimed at helping Moldova, a small
EU-friendly democracy that has become a major collateral victim
of the war in Ukraine. The nation of 2.6 million people wedged
between Ukraine and Romania faces an economic and humanitarian
crisis with the onset of winter, having seen its energy
deliveries from Russia slashed in half. "We need to help its
population to hold out," French Foreign Minister Catherine
Colonna told journalists before the meeting of 35 mostly Western
countries and 15 international institutions. Like many former
Soviet territories, Moldova is the scene of a tug-of-war between
pro-Russian and pro-Western political currents, with the current
government firmly in the latter category. (ANSA-AFP).
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