DISINFO: Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia to set up anti-Russian military alliance with US assistance
SUMMARY
A military alliance between Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia may appear under the sponsorship of the United States. Europe knows it and does not want to lose influence in these countries in order to stay in the geopolitical game.
RESPONSE
This is a recurrent narrative by pro-Kremlin media about the West fuelling anti-Russian sentiments in former Soviet republics and attempting to set up military alliances there. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba did actually say in a talk-show in February 2021 that Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova were moving towards setting up a triple alliance in the Black Sea region. He said he had informed the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about it. However, Kuleba did not say it would be a military alliance. But if the countries wanted to form such an alliance they would be in their full sovereign right to do so.
Both the European Union and the United States support Ukraine politically, respect its internationally recognised borders and follow a strict non-recognition policy. The US also provides Ukraine with military equipment. But there is no Western military presence in the war zone in eastern Ukraine. Nor does the West plan to set up military anti-Russian alliances in post-Soviet countries.
Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are all members of the Eastern Partnership (EaP). It is a joint initiative involving the EU and six Eastern European partners: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The EaP is a strategic partnership based on common values and rules, mutual interests and commitments. It aims to strengthen and deepen the political and economic relations between the EU and the partner countries and supports sustainable reform processes there. However, this programme does not envisage any joint anti-Russian military action.
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