In Chisinau, Ukraine and Moldova are calling for quick entry into the European Union

The airspace may be closed to commercial flights for twenty-four hours, for security reasons, the airport of Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, has probably never received so many planes, government, from all over the continent. The small state bordering Ukraine hosted on Thursday^Eh June, the second summit of the European Political Community, that is, forty-five heads of state and government from the continent, including a guest who was hardly surprised because his presence was evident. Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the neighborhood via Odesa, meeting at a luxury hotel in the village of Bulboaka, 20 kilometers from the border.

As usual, the arrival of the President of Ukraine remained a secret until the last moment. But so close to his home country, it is hard for him not to personally join the community proposed by Emmanuel Macron a year ago to promote the unification of a greater Europe in the face of a determined invasion by Russia. With the support of Belarus – both left this meeting. The Ukrainian leader’s arrival quickly replaced the absence of Turkey’s barely elected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. From the start, Volodymyr Zelensky stole the show by leading the summit host Maia Sandu to lead Moldova, which has been threatened by war on its borders for fifteen months and worried about the secession of the “pro-Russian” region. Transnistria, where Moscow has a military base.

The Ukrainian resistance hero took the opportunity to reiterate his call for F-16 fighter jets and more American Patriot missile batteries as soon as possible. On the same morning, three people, including a child, were killed in a new Russian attack in Kiev. “All European countries that have a border with Russia and that do not want Russia to take part of their territory should be full members of NATO and the European Union.The Ukrainian leader said a few weeks before the crucial summit of the Atlantic alliance in Vilnius on July 11 and 12.

A strong signal for Central European countries

Ukraine’s head of state is campaigning in favor of the prospect of his country joining the Atlantic alliance, outside the “open door” policy displayed by its allies. But a little later, he wondered aloud about the nature of the security guarantees that his Western allies, including the United States, which is still very cautious on this issue, are promising him because of the lack of consensus on his country’s accession to NATO. in the midst of war.