Natalia Gherman demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria. Bashny.Net

Moscow has threatened to recognize the right to independence of Transnistria.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that in the event of non-aligned status of Moldova Transnistria will have "every right to decide about their future on their own." Since the early 1990s, Russia has not recognized the independence of the breakaway Transnistrian Moldovan Republic





This is, according to Interfax, Lavrov said at a public lecture on foreign policy issues in Moscow. He recalled the arrangements that were agreed at the beginning of the Transnistrian settlement process, was formed when the format of "five plus two". Participate in the negotiations Moldova and Transnistria as parties to the conflict, Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE - as mediators, the European Union and the United States - as observers.

"If - and it was one of the key moments, when we started the process of" five plus two ", all agreed that if Moldova loses its sovereignty and is absorbed by another country or if Moldova changes its military and political status on the block with a neutral, Transnistrians have every right to decide about their future on their own, and we will this basic position from which all agreed that started it all, to defend "- Lavrov said.

According to the minister, the participants agreed to the settlement process "to seek special status of Transnistria within the framework of respect for the territorial integrity of Moldova, which should remain a sovereign state with a military-political neutrality».

Lavrov commented on one of the last decisions of the Constitutional Court of Moldova. "At this stage, the Chisinau authorities are clearly trying to move in an undemocratic way. That there has recently issued a decision by the COP that any party whose aim is not integration into the European Union, are unconstitutional. I was taken aback when I read the news. This is a blatant decision ", - he added.

Moldova has signed an association agreement with the EU, 27 June 2014, together with Georgia and Ukraine. The EU document was signed by the head of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and the Heads of State and Government of countries - EU members.

"In these agreements, there is nothing that can hurt Russia. They aim to create a common future and prosperity ", - assured Herman Van Rompuy, noting that the signed documents -" the most ambitious project of EU cooperation with third countries "and" the beginning of European roads of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova. "

Despite enshrined in the Constitution of the country's non-aligned status, the defense minister of Moldova was invited to the NATO summit in Wales, which took place on 4-5 September 2014. Invitation to expand ties with the alliance and Georgia were also neutral Finland.

At the end of September 2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Natalia Gherman speaking at a meeting of the UN General Assembly demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria and their replacement by international forces. During the speech, she said that the presence of Russian troops "creates additional obstacles to the settlement process." "We expect that the Russian Federation has completed the process of their withdrawal without delay", - said Herman.

The independence of the breakaway Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (TMR), recognized only by Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which recognized the sovereignty of several countries, including Russia, as well as the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Russian military forces present on the territory of Transnistria since its proclamation.

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