My grandfather was a politician that went to Romania on all kinds of diplomatic trips during a span of almost 30 years. They spoke the same language and the only people who needed a translator were the Russian speaking politicians, but those rarely went to Romania anyway. There was no real tension between the two sides and saying they were on opposite sides of the Cold War is a stretch anyway.
I think this is just a myth your professor is using to try and make his lessons sound cooler. Moldovan delegations were always well received in Romania and vice versa.
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No. You’d think that’s enough proof that they’re the same language but… nope
found this older article showing a glimpse of politicians having fun of this situation [https://adevarul-ro.translate.goog/blogurile-adevarul/adrian-nastase-a-vorbit-in-limba-moldoveneasca-si-1662806.html?_x_tr_sl=ro&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp](https://adevarul-ro.translate.goog/blogurile-adevarul/adrian-nastase-a-vorbit-in-limba-moldoveneasca-si-1662806.html?_x_tr_sl=ro&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp)
My grandfather was a politician that went to Romania on all kinds of diplomatic trips during a span of almost 30 years. They spoke the same language and the only people who needed a translator were the Russian speaking politicians, but those rarely went to Romania anyway. There was no real tension between the two sides and saying they were on opposite sides of the Cold War is a stretch anyway.
I think this is just a myth your professor is using to try and make his lessons sound cooler. Moldovan delegations were always well received in Romania and vice versa.