Moldova's rebel region resist settlement talks
The foreign ministry of Moldova's breakaway Dniester region [a.k.a. Transnistria] has expressed doubts that the current consultations on the Dniester-Moldovan conflict will become "official" by the end of 2010.
In a statement posted on the Dniester official Olvia-press website on 9 March, the ministry said, "Unofficial meetings in the five-plus-two format could hardly become official unless all the necessary conditions are created."
After an informal meeting in the "five plus two" format (involving Moldova, the Dniester region, Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE, the EU and the USA) in Vienna on 1-2 March, Moldova's deputy prime minister for reintegration issues, Victor Osipov, said that official negotiations on a solution to the Dniester issue could be resumed by late 2010.
The ministry said that the agenda for the meeting included "creation of conditions for resumption of official meetings, but not a timeframe". It also objected to Osipov's statement that all the agreements previously reached by Moldova and the Dniester region should be revised, Olvia-press reported.
The Dniester foreign ministry added that electoral processes in Moldova should not interfere with the Dniester settlement process. "No matter how much some forces want it, we do not consider it possible for the race for power in Moldova to affect the situation around the Dniester-Moldovan settlement," the ministry was quoted as saying.
The ministry referred to Moldova's call for Russia to provide financial assistance to the Dniester region through Moldovan structures as "an attempt to fill the budget by any means" and thus to overcome the socioeconomic crisis, Olvia-press added.
Olvia-press, official news agency of the separatists
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