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Moldova's government, stressed by war in neighboring Ukraine, undergoes a shakeup

Moldovan Prime Minister designate Dorin Recean waits as President Maia Sandu (left) announces he is appointed to form a new government in Chisinau, Moldova, on Friday. (Aurel Obreja/AP)

CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldova's president tapped her defense and security adviser, pro-Western economist Dorin Recean, to succeed Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita who unexpectedly resigned Friday, 18 months into a tenure sorely tested by the war in neighboring Ukraine.

President Maia Sandu told a news conference that members of Gavrilita's ruling Party of Action and Solidarity, or PAS, accepted her choice of Recean as the new prime minister.

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