NY Times quotes president Traian Basescu: “Putin Is Creating a Black Sea Barrier”

Newsroom 19/03/2014 | 16:08

New York Times quoted Basescu’s Crimea-related declarations from Monday in the online edition. The President, in an interview with the Associated Press, commented that Russia has created a chain of conflicts around the Black Sea to further President Vladimir Putin’s goal of rebuilding the former Soviet Union along its former border with the West.

Basescu said he fears that neighboring Moldova is “in great danger.”

“If you look at the map, you will see this chain of frozen conflicts” around the Black Sea “that can be set off at any time,” he said, referring to conflicts in Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.

Basescu believes Putin’s priorities “are connected to the point of contact between the European Union and NATO.” He said Ukraine and Moldova were “a priority for Vladimir Putin, who wants to rebuild the Soviet Union.”

The Romanian leader isn’t considering a wider war in Europe, saying that neither Russia nor NATO wanted a full-scale conflict. He said there was still a risk of political and economical instability in the region because of possible fallout from the sanctions.

There was nobody available at the Russian Foreign Ministry late Monday to comment on the statements by Basescu.

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