Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made a statement that Moldova is "being dragged into NATO" . And this, according to the diplomat, harms its security.

The Russian Interfax reported this.

"They should be worried about their own future because they are being dragged into NATO. And I don't think it would add to Moldova's security," Lavrov said.

The Foreign Minister made the statement against the background of a series of terrorist attacks in Transnistria. They began after a Russian spokesman said there were plans to go through southern Ukraine to the DMR because the Russian-speaking population there was "discriminated against.