{"id":601497,"date":"2026-11-10T19:32:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T16:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=601497"},"modified":"2026-11-10T21:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T18:28:56","slug":"moldova-plans-to-fully-join-eu-sanctions-against-russia-and-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/moldova-plans-to-fully-join-eu-sanctions-against-russia-and-belarus","title":{"rendered":"Moldova Plans to Fully Join EU Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Moldova is preparing to fully align itself with the European Union&#8217;s sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The authorities are working out a mechanism for implementing sectoral restrictions and expect to make decisions in the near future. Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister <b>Mihai Pop\u0219oi<\/b> said this on November 9, Moldova 1 public broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova1.md\/p\/89791\/r-moldova-pregateste-noi-sanc\u021biuni-impotriva-rusiei-si-belarusului-popsoi-deciziile-vor-fi-luate-in-scurt-timp\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pop\u0219oi spoke at the <a href=\"https:\/\/eumd2026.unde.io\/\">annual EU Enlargement Conference<\/a> in Chisinau. He said Moldova had already aligned its policy with the EU&#8217;s sanctions policy by 91%. To achieve full alignment, Chisinau must join the package of sectoral restrictions which, according to the minister, has been in force since 2014 and applies to Russia and Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>Decisions on joining EU sanctions are made by a government commission on the Foreign Ministry&#8217;s proposal and following an assessment of possible consequences. The Foreign Ministry is responsible for implementing the decisions.<\/p>\n<p>At the same conference, Moldovan President <b>Maia Sandu<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/protv.md\/politic\/2027-an-decisiv-pentru-integrarea-europeana-maia-sandu-la-conferinta-anuala-privind-extinderea-ue-moldova-vrea-sa-incheie-negocierile-de-aderare-in-2028-video---2771612.html\">said<\/a> that Chisinau hoped to conclude negotiations on joining the European Union by early 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moldova is preparing to fully align itself with the European Union&#8217;s sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The authorities are working out a mechanism for implementing sectoral restrictions and expect to make decisions in the near future. Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Pop\u0219oi said this on November 9, Moldova 1 public broadcaster reports. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":557454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/6af3626b40941.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Moldova Plans to Fully Join EU Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143090],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-politics"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601498,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601497\/revisions\/601498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}