MOLDOVA IN THE CONTEXT OF EU’S EASTERN NEIGHBORHOOD: THE PROBLEM OF THE REGIONAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE

In the new conditions of security environment in Eastern European region, it is necessary to give suitable answers to all threats. It is appropriate to integrate the security approaches from the three countries of Eastern Partnership program of the European Union Neighborhood Policy (Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia), into the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). This step requires deep reforms into the security sectors of the named countries. It would be welcome to elaborate a common Security Strategy for those three countries, which are on the path of the European integration. From this regard, for the Moldovan state it is appropriate to sign an Agreement on Security, as there are signed agreements of political (Association Agreement) and economic (Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement) cooperation between Moldova and the EU. It is necessary to establish a regional security architecture – for Eastern Europe (the space of Eastern Partnership Program countries) – as a part of the European continent's security architecture. The role of the Republic of Moldova into the regional security is small (Moldova is still a consumer, not a provider of security), but yet its participation in this process would be useful both for its national security, as well as for the European continent regional security – for the important players.