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Military - note Moldova, in 5 editions.

The entry for Moldova published Military - note in 5 editions of 34, from 2021 to 2025. The text changed in 4 editions. Each is shown as published. Military - note in every entry.

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the first edition with it
2021
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Military - note” (2021 to 2025).

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  • the National Army is responsible for defense against external aggression, suppressing illegal military violence along the state border or inside the country, and supporting other internal security forces in maintaining public order if necessary;
  • its primary focuses are Transnistrian separatist forces and their Russian backers;
  • the 1992 war between Moldovan forces and the Transnistrian separatists backed by Russian troops ended with a cease-fire;
  • the separatists maintain several armed paramilitary combat units, plus other security forces and reserves;
  • Russia maintains approximately 1,500 troops in the breakaway region, including some Transnistrian locals who serve as Russian troops;
  • some of those troops are under the authority of a peacekeeping force known as a Joint Control Commission that also includes Moldovan and separatist personnel, while the remainder of the Russian contingent guard a depot of Soviet-era ammunition and train separatist forces
  • Moldova is constitutionally neutral but has maintained a relationship with NATO since 1992 and since 2022 has enhanced bilateral security cooperation with some NATO members;
  • it has contributed small numbers of troops to NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) since 2014, and a civilian NATO liaison office was established in Moldova in 2017 at the request of the Moldovan Government to promote practical cooperation and facilitate support;
  • in 2024, Moldova signed a security and defense partnership agreement with the EU;
  • it maintains close security relations with Romania, a member of the EU and NATO (2025)

the National Army is responsible for defense against external aggression, suppressing illegal military violence along the state border or inside the country, and supporting other internal security forces in maintaining public order if necessary; its primary focuses are Transnistrian separatist forces and their Russian backers; the 1992 war between Moldovan forces and the Transnistrian separatists backed by Russian troops ended with a cease-fire; the separatists maintain several armed paramilitary combat units, plus other security forces and reserves; Russia maintains approximately 1,500 troops in the breakaway region, including some Transnistrian locals who serve as Russian troops; some of those troops are under the authority of a peacekeeping force known as a Joint Control Commission that also includes Moldovan and separatist personnel, while the remainder of the Russian contingent guard a depot of Soviet-era ammunition and train Transnistrian separatist forces
Moldova is constitutionally neutral but has maintained a relationship with NATO since 1992; 1992 and since 2022 has enhanced bilateral security cooperation started when Moldova joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace program in 1994; Moldova with some NATO members; it has contributed small numbers of troops to NATO’s Kosovo Force (KFOR) since 2014, and a civilian NATO liaison office was established in Moldova in 2017 at the request of the Moldovan Government to promote practical cooperation and facilitate support (2024) support; in 2024, Moldova signed a security and defense partnership agreement with the EU; it maintains close security relations with Romania, a member of the EU and NATO (2025)

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Moldova: Military - note.” The World Factbook, 2021–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/moldova/military-note.

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