Moldovan foreign ministry sets up crisis cell on security situation from Ukraine

Chisinau, Feb. 24 / MOLDPRES /- In the context of the serious deterioration of the security situation in Ukraine, at the suggestion of Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu, Crisis Cell was established within the MAEIE. The crisis cell is also in contact with the diplomatic missions of our country abroad and the foreign diplomatic missions accredited in the Republic of Moldova, the MAEIE press service has reported.

At the same time, the ministry ordered the strengthening of security measures at the diplomatic missions accredited in the Republic of Moldova which have a high degree of exposure.

We reiterate our call on the citizens of the Republic of Moldova not to travel to the neighboring country, and we urge those who are temporarily in Ukraine to leave the territory of this state immediately.

We ask the citizens of the Republic of Moldova to fill out this form in order to facilitate communication with consular officers: https://forms.office.com/r/L31TQDc457.

The hotlines of the diplomatic missions are set up and active on a permanent basis (24/7):

Kiev: +38 068 384 2016 or at the email address: [email protected],

Odessa: +380 99 242 0835 or at the email address: [email protected].

The call center can be contacted at the telephone number 0 80 090 990 - free of charge from the landline in any locality of the Republic of Moldova or the numbers +373 22 23 20 02; +373 22 20 10 47 (including from abroad), or email: [email protected].

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration strongly calls on all citizens to be informed only from official sources in order to prevent possible distortions of reality resulting from activating various social media channels that generate false news in order to misinform the population.