CHISINAU, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Former Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean, who left office for the business sector after a general election, was appointed ‍special envoy for “development and resilience” on Thursday, responsible for tackling external threats to the ex-Soviet state.

Pro-European President Maia Sandu made the appointment by decree, saying Recean would coordinate work between different institutions “to prevent and eliminate hybrid threats” ‌and to burnish Moldova’s international image.

Sandu is ‌pressing for Moldova to join the European Union by 2030 and has denounced Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has buffeted the small country lying between Ukraine and EU member Romania.

She accuses Moscow of overseeing campaigns to destabilise Moldova and subvert elections and this week c

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