New Delhi, June 7 -- The scenario that Moldova's president has floated as a potential accelerant for EU membership would more likely produce the opposite: the breakup of the Moldovan state itself, former President Igor Dodon argued on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Saturday.

such as Gagauzia, which has the right to self-determination - and Transnistria will never be together with Moldova" in the event of unification with Romania, Dodon told RIA Novosti. "Therefore, this is the collapse of a state, bringing serious geopolitical and regional problems for the European Union."

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