Overview
- Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi said the government has started denouncing the CIS Charter, the Agreement on the creation of the CIS, and its appendix.
- Once these three instruments are canceled, Moldova will cease to be a CIS member, following a de facto pause in participation since 2022.
- The denouncement package will move to parliament for approval, then to the president for confirmation after the government completes its procedures.
- The step aligns with the leadership’s European integration course and a shift of economic ties toward Western markets.
- Opposition leader Igor Dodon criticized the move as against national interests, and Russia’s Maria Zakharova accused Chișinău of duplicity.