Russia slams Moldova law on Transdniestria status
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Written by transnistria.info
Saturday, 30 July 2005
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MOSCOW. (Interfax) - Russia views Moldova's law on the special legal status of Transdniestria signed by Moldovan president on Friday as counterproductive, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary posted on its website on Saturday.
"The Moldovan law, according to its authors, was drawn up in line with the Ukrainian plan for the Transdniestrian settlement. However, the Ukrainian concept recommended the passage of such a law in order to legalize earlier agreed provisions of Transdniestria's special status and directly pointed out that the sides will refrain from unilateral actions that might obstruct a peaceful settlement," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"Unfortunately, Moldovan parliamentarians working on the bill considered it inappropriate to discuss its content with those whom it will directly affect and followed an erroneous path of unilateral measures to extend Moldova's jurisdiction over Transdniestria," the statement says.
"Moreover, in line with Article 1 of the new law, Chisinau will now hold negotiations exclusively about Transdniestria's democratization and demilitarization, including the full withdrawal of Russian troops from the region, and only after that will it discuss special status," it said.
"In fact, the Moldovan side has once again tried to turn everything upside down," the statement said. "It is well known that significant progress, including the implementation of the so-called Istanbul agreements, was possible when the negotiating process involving Chisinau and Tbilisi opened realistic prospects for a Transdniestria settlement," the statement says. "It seems that now there have been no difficult negotiations after the tragic bloodshed of 1992, in which the parties, acting with support from mediators from Russia, Ukraine, and the OSCE, learned to build a civilized dialogue, restore normal interaction, and adopt international legal experience of democratic resolution of complicated state development problems," it says.
"It is worth noting that this algorithm brought them close to the passage of an historic decision in 2003, which, however, was not made because of Chisinau's position," it said.
"It is regretful that Moldovan politicians have abandoned patient and responsible joint efforts. Apparently, someone thinks that it is possible to reach one's ends through imposing political solutions, introducing an economic blockade, and increasing tensions. However, such illusions have nothing to do with the OSCE principles of peaceful conflict settlement," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"Russia, as a guarantor of and mediator in the Transdniestria settlement process, believes that the Moldovan parliament's unilateral act is counterproductive. It complicates the prospect of parties returning to the negotiating table and makes it harder for mediators from Russia, Ukraine, and the OSCE to render assistance to the parties working out a viable and reliably guaranteed special status for Transdniestria within a unified Moldova," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
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