{"id":442446,"date":"2016-08-22T16:28:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T16:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=442446"},"modified":"2016-08-22T16:32:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T16:32:25","slug":"civic-organizations-moldova-warn-red-lines-transnistrian-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/civic-organizations-moldova-warn-red-lines-transnistrian-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic organizations of Moldova warn about the “red lines” in the Transnistrian settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

On August 21st, several organizations of the civil society of Moldova issued a declaration regarding the “red lines” on the Transnistrian settlement, expressing their concerns “with the isolation” of Moldova in the 5+2 negotiations.<\/p>\n

The organizations call on the European Union, United States, Ukraine and the OSCE to draw attention on the unilateral concessions made by the legitimate authorities of Moldova, taking in account the illegal foreign military presence of Russia and its actions, but also to “avoid supporting any settlements that are not in line with the principles of international and European experience of unity through diversity, respect for recognized borders of the nation states and which would only encourage separatism and territorial disintegration of Moldova”. By satisfying the “unjustified claims of the Transnistrian administration that coincide fully with the interests of the Russian Federation”, OSCE, EU and other international organizations reportedly put “their prestige, resources and authority at the service of the Russian revisionist policy that presents security risks for the Eastern Partnership countries, as well as for the whole of Eastern Europe”.<\/p>\n

The call includes a demand to the Moldovan authorities to not recognize statehood elements of the separatist counterpart and to focus on the protection of civil and political rights of its citizens that live in the Transnistrian region, total and full withdrawal of the foreign troops, based on the obligations set by the Constitution and relevant internal law.<\/p>\n

The civil organizations think that the Transnistrian settlement should be based on the priority of human rights and law:<\/p>\n

Any policy to promote confidence must be based on the priority of promoting human rights, freedoms and legal remedies to redress any human rights abuses. Respecting international conventions on human rights, civil and political freedoms to which Moldova is part, must prevail over all other secondary topics regularly raised by the leaders of the Tiraspol administration during the negotiation process;
\nWe believe that the access to international markets opened to the Transnistrian business by the Moldovan authorities and EU must be conditioned on the respect of legislation and rule of law of Moldova. Moldovan authorities should make clear that this access is due to the Association Agreement negotiated, signed, ratified and implemented by the Moldovan constitutional authorities and not by Tiraspol agreements with various unauthorized representatives with such mandate from EU. Access to the EU market is a good guaranteed by\/within the national legislation of Moldova and not outside it. All those who show disrespect and defy Moldovan law must be deprived of access to privileged trade and economic agreements;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n