Moldova’s pro-Western government has resigned after 18 months in power marked by economic turmoil and the spillover effects of Russia’s war in neighbouring Ukraine.
President Maia Sandu accepted Prime Minister’s Natalia Gavrilita’s resignation and nominated 48-year-old presidential aide and former interior minister Dorin Recean to replace her.
Recean, who is expected to quickly win parliamentary approval, said he would press on with Moldova’s bid to join the European Union and revive the economy.
Russia, which has troops in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transdniestria, has registered displeasure at the possibility of former Soviet republics joining the EU.
