Romanian Presidential Adviser on relations with Romanians in the diaspora, Eugen Tomac, says that Bucharest is ready to "seriously discuss" unification with Moldova, Calea Europeana reports. Moldova is located near Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast, which is under constant Russian bombardment.
About 2.4 million people caught between Romania and Ukraine
Moldova, with a population of around 2.4 million, geographically sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, has become a target of Russia’s hybrid war, said previously Moldovan President Maia Sandu, as per Politico.
Moldova has not yet been invited to join NATO or the EU. Meanwhile, Romania is a member of the Alliance. Part of Moldovan territory, Transnistria, is currently occupied by Russia, which has deployed its so-called "peacekeepers" and uses the area to spread propaganda.
President Sandu stated that she would vote for unification with Romania if the issue were ever brought to a referendum. She emphasized that the country is finding it increasingly difficult to "survive" independently.
In 2025, Moscow spread false claims about Ukraine to justify a potential attack from Transnistria. It claimed that troops from France and the UK have arrived in Odesa to intimidate Transnistria.
"The official position of the Romanian state has not changed"
“Any conscientious Romanian, regardless of which side of the Prut River they live on, sees the unification of the two states as a natural process,” Tomac said.
He recalled that Romania officially declared its readiness to discuss the issue on 27 March 2018, through a parliamentary declaration passed without a single vote against.
“This is the official position of the Romanian state. It has not changed,” he added.
Tomac emphasized that Romania is ready at any moment to sit at the negotiating table and seriously discuss this scenario, but only if Moldova "considers it an option."
“This is their right to decide their future,” he said.
Support from EU, NATO, and the US is essential
When asked about Romania’s readiness for a unification scenario, including the necessary support from EU partners, NATO allies, and the US as a strategic partner, Tomac stated that "all our partners know that the same people live in both Romania and the Republic of Moldova."
