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Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Hope for a peaceful solution to the separatist conflict in Moldova’s Transdniestrian region lies in its demilitarization and democratization, the country’s ambassador to the United Nations, Alexandru Cujba, told the General Assembly on Sept. 29. Transdniestria has been a breakaway region on Moldova’s eastern flank – bordered by the Dniester River on the west and Ukraine on the...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
The president of the unrecognized Dniester Moldovan republic, a.k.a. Transnistria, Igor Smirnov, has rejected a proposal by the head of the OSCE mission to Moldova, Philip Remler, regarding the resumption of Transnistrian settlement negotiations "without preliminary conditions". The website of the Dniester leader noted that Remler said at a meeting with Smirnov today that the OSCE was against...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
The Greek OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Mission to Moldova held a seminar on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in Moldova on 21-22 June in Mauerbach, Austria, with the participation of experts and political representatives to the 5+2 process for resolution of the Transdniestria conflict, from Moldova, Transdniestria/Pridnestrovie, the OSCE, Russia, Ukraine, the EU and the USA. The 5+2 representatives...
Open Democracy (Free subscription) | 04/08/2009
18 March 2009 could have marked a successful conclusion to the Transdniestrian conflict. That was the day when the presidents of Russia, Moldova and Transdniestria signed a statement agreeing that Russia would give up its 20-year-long monopoly of peacekeeping in the region. This task should now have passed to the OSCE. But for all the loud fanfare, the parties to the statement have sabotaged the peace...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 03/26/2009
by Vladimir Socor Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's March 18 meeting with Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin and Transnistria leader Igor Smirnov (EDM, March 20) was designed to mark a qualitatively new stage in the long-running negotiations on the Transnistria conflict. While continuing to block the conflict resolution negotiations, Russia is trying to move the process toward a formula to guarantee...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/19/2009
Leaders of Russia, Moldova and the Trans-Dniester region have agreed to continue talks on the Trans-Dniester issue, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Moldova President Vladimir Voronin and the leader of Moldova's breakaway Trans-Dniester region, Igor Smirnov, signed a joint statement on peaceful settlement of the Trans-Dniester issue here on...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will on Wednesday host three-way talks with Moldova's leader and his separatist rival to try to settle a 19-year-old conflict over the breakaway Transdniestria region.
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009
by Vladimir Socor On February 24 and 25, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov undertook a landmark visit to Moldova, in preparation for a possible meeting among Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin, and Transnistria's Moscow-installed leader Igor Smirnov next month. The ostensible goal is to jump-start a solution to the Transnistria conflict (Moldpress,...
A Step At A Time (Free subscription) | 02/23/2009
An AP feature describes how,”claiming humanitarian grounds for ex-USSR citizens, Russia is building vast communities of citizens outside its borders”. The article discusses the situation in Georgia, Moldova, Trans-Dniester, Estonia and Ukraine. According to the Federal Migration Service, since the year 2000 Russia has given passports to nearly 2.9 million former Soviet citizens. (via Marko...
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Moldova: Moving Ahead Source: Wilton Park From the Summary: In contrast to past discussions on Moldova, this conference focused less on military concerns and more on political-economic development despite Russian troops continued presence in Transnistria - one of the most contentious issues. Perhaps this reflects a shift from an earlier, sole preoccupation with disarmament, demilitarisation and peacekeeping...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 02/06/2009
The foreign minister of the Transdniestrian region Vladimir Yastrebchak considers that the official Chisinau’s position on the Transdniestria conflict will not change after the legislative elections in Moldova set for April 5. "We don’t expect that the political powers in Moldova would change the attitude and basic approach to the Transdniestria dispute,” Yastrebchak said, quoted...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 01/22/2009
Romania is in favor of a quick settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict in the 5+2 format, by preserving the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Moldova, Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu said during a joint meeting with his Moldovan counterpart Andrei Stratan held in Chisinau. “We consider that the EU should more actively engage as its role is determinant. We share the EU’s...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/15/2009
Chisinau - A week-long Russian embargo of natural gas deliveries to Moldova had left the former Soviet republic with idled factories and increasingly cold homes, the Infotag news agency reported. The Kremlin in a row with Kiev over natural gas delive...
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