The Moldovan government on Wednesday approved the Individually Tailored Partnership Program with NATO (ITPP) for 2025-2028, Report informs via INFOTAG.
The document envisages the achievement of four strategic goals: deepening political dialog and practical cooperation in order to raise awareness and knowledge of the security situation, strengthening peace and security and rule-based international order. Moldova will implement Euro-Atlantic standards in its defense and security institutions, strengthen its defense capabilities, and enhance interoperability with NATO partners and allies.
The third objective suggests that Moldova should be prepared to prevent and counter hybrid challenges through a comprehensive approach at the national level. Also, Moldova and NATO will enhance their cooperation in combating common security challenges.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi, who presented the document, said that the implementation of the program is “fully in line with Moldova's neutral status.”
“Moreover, the North Atlantic Alliance fully respects the neutrality of our country, while the only country that has been neglecting and violating it for 30 years is the Russian Federation,” he explained.
ITPP is a new format of relations between Moldova and NATO, to which the parties moved in 2025. Before that, the cooperation was based on the Individual Partnership Plan (IPAP) with NATO. The first IPAP was signed in 2006, after which it was supplemented and extended annually.