Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu said his country would remain neutral and continue pursuit of EU membership.
leaders have been meeting to discuss the three bids and any potential for accelerating the process, which traditionally can take many years.
"We as a government continue to do our best to strengthen Moldova's capacity and credibility of becoming an EU member state at some point. "We have a legal basis and a constitution that determines our action. And ultimately, we also insist on Moldova's sovereign right to decide what kind of security policies it wants to pursue, whether it's neutrality or something else."
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