Russian MFA asks Moldova to explain delay in reception of Moscow envoy’s credentials

MOSCOW:  The Russian Foreign Ministry has handed a note to Moldovan Ambassador Lilian Darii, demanding an explanation of why the country’s P...

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MOSCOW:  The Russian Foreign Ministry has handed a note to Moldovan Ambassador Lilian Darii, demanding an explanation of why the country’s President Maia Sandu has not yet received the credentials of Russian envoy to Chisinau Oleg Ozerov.

"On March 5, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Moldovan Ambassador Lilian Darii. Russia expressed bewilderment at the fact that the Moldovan president still had not received the credentials of Russian Ambassador Oleg Ozerov, who had arrived in the country in October 2024 as this is a violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations."

In this regard, the Moldovan envoy "was handed the text of the Vienna Convention and also received a verbal note demanding an explanation of the reasons why Moldova was violating the convention’s provisions related to unified practices regarding the heads of diplomatic missions and the order in which they present their credentials."

Ozerov said in late February that he was "still waiting for the procedure to take place." According to the diplomat, he arrived in Moldova on October 4, 2024, after a formal approval for his appointment had been received. On October 24, he handed over the copies of his credentials, which, under international law, gave him full authority as ambassador. However, the Moldovan president still has not accepted his credentials in an official ceremony.

Relations between Chisinau and Moscow cooled in 2021 after Moldovan President Maia Sandu and her pro-European Action and Solidarity Party came to power. They worsened significantly in 2022, when Moldova joined sanctions on Moscow and demanded the expulsion of several dozen employees of the Russian Embassy from the country. Moscow retaliated in kind. However, the Russian Foreign Ministry urged the Moldovan authorities to abandon their confrontational rhetoric, pointing out that Moscow remained committed to friendly relations with Moldova and took no pleasure in the fact that the West was using Moldova for anti-Russian purposes.

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