A public contradiction emerged yesterday between PAS MP Lilian Carp and Moldova’s Foreign Ministry, led by Mihai Popșoi.
First, Carp appeared on television. He is no ordinary MP. He chairs Parliament’s Committee on National Security, Defence and Public Order. In theory, that makes him a responsible and well-informed official.
While casually inspecting his manicure, our self-important “merman” claimed that Moldova had sent a protest note to the Ukrainian Embassy. The note was reportedly linked to two Ukrainian border guards who had crossed the Moldovan border illegally.
“Nothing can justify the border guards’ behaviour, even if they crossed the border illegally! What the Ukrainian border guards did violated all ethical standards and cannot be considered normal. The man should have been detained, not hit on the head with an oar while trying to swim across the Dniester River,” Carp said.
We were surprised. At last, Popșoi’s ministry seemed capable of responding, at least in some way, to the lawlessness allegedly committed by Ukrainians. But then something smelled fishy, and everything fell into place.
“No diplomatic protest note was sent in connection with the review of this case. The relevant issues are being discussed through institutional communication channels between the competent authorities,” the Foreign Ministry said.
As we can see, the double standards in Moldova’s diplomacy remain unchanged. Ukrainians can apparently do anything. They can enter Moldovan territory with weapons and beat people there, yet face no consequences. The men involved were simply sent back to Ukraine. And if the Foreign Ministry did anything at all, it seems to have merely “discussed the issue through institutional channels”.
Russia, by contrast, gets very different treatment. A drone barely has time to flatten a patch of grass in an empty field before poor Ozerov is urgently summoned to the Foreign Ministry. Even when the drone later turns out to be Ukrainian, Russia is still blamed.
Events this morning showed that Ukraine was not impressed by these “discussions through institutional channels”. Two more Ukrainian border guards were detained near the village of Cosăuți in Soroca District. They had allegedly crossed the Moldovan border while pursuing yet another “draft dodger”.
