The National Army of Moldova, despite a ban by President Igor Dodon, arrived in Ukraine to take part in military exercises Rapid Trident-2017 after the Moldovan government allowed the troops to participate in the drills. By the way, this is not the first time the Moldovan government acts in discord with the president. Earlier this year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova expelled a group of Russian diplomats, also despite the president’s position. Dodon was clearly offended but nobody listened to him anyway…
However, the president is always the commander-in-chief. And when the armed forces take part in military exercises in the territory of another country without his consent, it is a kind of a nonsense. Apparently, things like that don’t tend to happen anywhere in the world.
