{"id":22197,"date":"2022-05-21T09:07:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T09:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=22197"},"modified":"2022-05-21T09:07:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T09:07:43","slug":"britain-will-arm-moldova-to-a-nato-standard-liz-truss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/05\/21\/britain-will-arm-moldova-to-a-nato-standard-liz-truss\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain will arm Moldova to a &#8216;Nato standard- Liz Truss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Moldova could get modern weaponry to protect it from a Russian invasion,\u00a0Liz Truss\u00a0has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The\u00a0Foreign Secretary\u00a0revealed that talks were taking place to ensure the country had \u2018Nato\u00a0standard\u2019 defences to discourage Vladimir\u00a0Putin\u00a0from embarking on any further expansion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She accused the Russian president of wanting to create a \u2018greater Russia\u2019 and feared Moldova, south-west of Ukraine, could be Moscow\u2019s next target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I want to see Moldova equipped to Nato standard. This is a discussion we\u2019re having with our allies,\u2019 she told The Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Putin has been absolutely clear about his ambitions to create a greater Russia \u2013 and just because his attempts to take Kyiv weren\u2019t successful, it doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s abandoned those ambitions.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\">\n<div class=\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Foreign Secretary Liz Truss revealed that talks were taking place to ensure the country had \u2018Nato standard\u2019 defences to discourage Vladimir Putin from embarking on any further expansion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"p-18\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half\" data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" 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