Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine to Cooperate in Combating Hybrid Threats

Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine will cooperate in combating hybrid threats. It is announced within a joint statement, signed on the initiative of the Moldovan side, by Speaker of Parliament of Moldova, Speaker of Parliament of Georgia and Speaker of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, moldpres.md reports. The Parliaments of these three countries are committed to share specific info on threat indicators, warnings of hybrid threats, and expressed their willingness to join as participants or observers at the European Centre of Excellence for Combating Hybrid Threats. The document also emphasises that hybrid threats seek to exploit the vulnerabilities of a country and often seek to undermine the fundamental values ​​and freedoms of democracy, as well as threats to country's energy system, transport and supply, defence system, public healthcare, food security and financial system. The statement also draws attention to the fact that a global hybrid campaign is under way following aggression of Russia on Ukrainian ships near the Kerch Strait on 25 November 2018. The Speakers of Parliaments encourage mutual assistance between countries as well as EU and U.S. support to respond to common hybrid threats. Source: Point