Timofti fears potential challenges

Moldova may face certain challenges before signing the Association Agreement with the EU, said on Monday the President Timofti after the Supreme Security Council meeting in Chisinau, amid tensions in Ukraine, according to the IPN website.

Timofti said that the meeting discussed the regional situation and any challenges before signing the Association Agreement with the EU and the impact on Moldova.

"If it's dangerous or not, I think we must be ready to meet any kind of challenges that may arise along the way. I think it will be quiet in the country. We must realize our plan of signing the Association Agreement," said Timofti .

In turn, the new defense minister Valeriu Troenco said that the increased security measures will be decided by the military in the next period, in the context of the crisis in Ukraine.

"The regional situation is complicated, in several cities in Ukraine there are destabilizations, we do not exclude that there are some challenges that we need to give attention to," said the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Moldova.

The EU will sign the Association Agreement with Moldova in June, the deadline originally being set for August, being overtaken by Brussels after the tensions in Ukraine.