Moldova and Transdnestr have not budged from their respective stances since mid-1990s, but they need a compromise in order to solve the impasse, said Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Gubarev.
“If no solution is found, then it’s time to analyze Plan B,” Gubarev said at a press conference in Transdnestr’s capital Tiraspol.
Moldova – which proclaimed itself a neutral power upon obtaining independence in 1991 – has close cultural and historical ties to the neighboring Romania, and a political faction of considerable influence is advocating a Moldovan-Romanian union.
Transdnestr, a part of Moldova with a predominantly Russian population, proclaimed its separation from the republic in 1990. A military conflict followed in 1992, ending in the rebel region’s de-facto independence, but not recognition by any UN members.
A peacekeeping force comprising several hundred of Russian, Moldovan and Transdnestr troops is currently deployed in Transdnestr, a cash-strapped region along the Dniester River with a population of 520,000.
Moldova and Transdnestr have been in talks for years, with Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE, the United States and the European Union acting as intermediaries, but Tiraspol continues to reject Moldova’s proposal for autonomy as part of a single Moldovan state.
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20121013/176604068.html
13/10/12
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Talks on Transnistrian dispute to open in February: OSCE....
ReplyDeleteThe negotiations on settling the Transnistrian dispute will open in Austria's capital city of Vienna next month, an official with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said in Bucharest Thursday.
The first round of talks for this year under the 5+2 format, including Moldova, Transnistria, Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE, the United States and the European Union, will start on Feb. 27, said Radojko Bogojevic, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement.
Transnistria, a largely Russian-and-Ukrainian-speaking area, declared independence in 1991 from the Romanian-speaking majority of Moldova.
Bogojevic concluded his four-day visit to Moldova, the first time after he took the position in January, where he met with the political leadership of Moldova and Transnistria.
"I was encouraged by their constructive attitude and their focus on achieving practical results and alleviating problems people face in their daily lives," Bogojevic said.
"We are strongly determined to work on the basis of what was done by our predecessors, to facilitate achieving a comprehensive, just and viable resolution of the conflict, and help build confidence between people on both banks of the Nistru River," stressed the official.
Preparations for the first round of 5+2 talks were "the key topic", Bogojevic said.
Talks on solving Transnistrian dispute have been resumed since 2011 after suspending for six years as Transnistria and Moldova failed to agree on various matters.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/840371.shtml#.UuuKxftTNqg
31/1/14
Russian FM calls for implementing agreements on Transdniestria settlement ...
ReplyDeleteRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday called for complying with the agreements on the Transdniestrian settlement.
Commenting on Russia’s position on prospects for settling the frozen conflicts on the post-Soviet space, he said Russia has only one plan - to stimulate the parties in every possible way to make them reach an agreement because the conflict can be settled only by those who take part in it.
“External players can help. This is related to the Karabakh settlement, the Transdniestrian settlement and to the Ukrainian crisis,” Lavrov said.
“The main thing is that when the parties reached any agreement, external players should carefully keep it and not to throw in a provocation as it was in 2003,” he said.
In 2003 the settlement plan initialled by the Transdniestrian and Moldovan presidents was not signed because the European Union demanded Moldova should not sign the document. “Since then we’ve been tormented by this problem,” Lavrov said.
“In 1997 Transdniestria and Moldova signed a memorandum on Transdniestria’s rights to foreign external activities. The memorandum has worked for so long. Now it is not being implemented,” he said.
“Probably, an attempt is made to create conditions for economic strangulation in order to force Transdniestria to give up its fair position. What has been reached should be implemented,” Lavrov said.
http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/765451
5/12/14