[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CONGRATULATING MOLDOVA'S NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT MAIA SANDU

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, congratulations to former 
Prime Minister Maia Sandu on being elected the new President of Moldova 
on Sunday.
  Correspondent Corneliu Rusnac has reported, ``Pro-Western candidate 
wins Moldovan Presidential election,'' and that ``Maia Sandu, a former 
World Bank economist who favors closer ties with the European Union, 
has won Moldova's Presidential runoff vote, decisively defeating the 
staunchly pro-Russian incumbent, according to preliminary results 
released Monday.''
  It should always be remembered that Moldova was the first victim of 
Putin-maintained aggression by the occupation of Transnistria in 1991, 
which was a tragic prelude to the illegal Putin occupation of 
territories in the Republic of Georgia in 2008 and eastern Ukraine in 
2014, where over 13,000 citizens have died. All three illegal Putin 
occupations persist today.
  Americans are so grateful for this renewed opportunity to work with 
Moldova and congratulate the Moldovan people on their new President.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September 11th in the global war on terrorism.
  God bless the people of Moldova.

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