Moldova's Sandu promises to bring change after narrow runoff win


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  • Monday, 04 Nov 2024

Moldova's incumbent President and presidential candidate Maia Sandu speaks following the announcement of the preliminary results of the second round of the presidential election, at her campaign headquarters in Chisinau, Moldova November 4, 2024. REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza

CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldovan President Maia Sandu promised to ring the changes after narrowly winning a runoff presidential vote, an acknowledgement of the fragile foothold her pro-Western forces have ahead of a parliamentary election next summer.

Sandu, who has pressed the ex-Soviet state's bid to join the European Union, defeated a former prosecutor general backed by a traditionally pro-Russian party in a vote marred by allegations of election meddling by Moscow, which it denies.

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