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March 15, 2002 *ROMANIA*MOLDOVA*ATTACHE*EXPULSION*CONFLICT* BUCHAREST ACCUSES CHISINAU OF STANDING IN ROMANIA'S WAY TO NATO -In the meantime, Andrei Neguta, chairman of the foreign policy committee in Moldova's Parliament, told the media Thursday that Moldovan security services held video footage evidencing the expelled Romanian diplomat's links with instigators of recent protest rallies in Chisinau. BUCHAREST, March 14 /from RIA Novosti's Gennady Abalov/ - Romanian Defense Minister Ioan Mircea Pascu says he has no evidence proving the guilt of the military attache to Chisinau that could have been the reason behind his expulsion by the Moldovan authorities. In an interview with local newspeople, Pascu highlighted the "strange coincidence" between Romania's growing chances to gain NATO membership and the growing tension in its relations with Moldova. He said Chisinau was fueling the tension. Pascu argues that Moldovan authorities are trying to create an impression as if Bucharest had some unsolved problems with its eastern neighbors, to thereby demonstrate to the West that Romania is allegedly unprepared for integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. In the meantime, Andrei Neguta, chairman of the foreign policy committee in Moldova's Parliament, told the media Thursday that Moldovan security services held video footage evidencing the expelled Romanian diplomat's links with instigators of recent protest rallies in Chisinau. Commenting on his Moldovan counterpart's statement, Ghiorghi Prisecaru, chair of a similar Romanian parliamentary committee, said Chisinau's actions showed it served as a tool in the hands of some forces opposed to Romania's admission to NATO. MP Corneliu Vadim Tudor, leader of the extreme nationalist Greater Romania party, says he personally has no interest in Euro-Atlantic integration if reunification with Bessarabia is at stake. "If we accomplish our national ideal by reuniting with our brethren across the Prut [River], we won't need any military bloc then," Tudor emphasized. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
