{"id":445985,"date":"2018-11-01T23:27:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T23:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=445985"},"modified":"2018-11-01T23:27:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T23:27:56","slug":"president-igor-dodon-russian-troops-leave-transnistria-not-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/president-igor-dodon-russian-troops-leave-transnistria-not-now\/","title":{"rendered":"President Igor Dodon: Russian troops have to leave Transnistria, but not now"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

President Igor Dodon refuses to say directly that Russian troops within the GOTR are illegally present on the territory of Moldova amid the fact that they must leave our country, once this is stipulated in Moldova’s status of neutrality.<\/p>\n

When asked for an opinion on the presence of Russian troops from GOTR on the territory of Moldova, this is Igor Dodon’s answer:<\/p>\n

“In Moldova there are peacekeepers and, the Operational Group of the Russian Troops is a limited group of soldiers. It is not a military base, but soldiers who keep the 14th Army munitions,” declared Dodon\u00a0at a press conference in which he spoke about the results of his visit to Moscow<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He furthermore made it clear that Russian soldiers are illegally on the territory of Moldova, though not having stated it clearly and directly.<\/p>\n

“We will sit down, discuss, and find a solution. It’s not just once that we’ve discussed about this with Vladimir Vladimirovich (former President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin) about this.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While President Dodon says that Russian GOTR soldiers are “a limited group of soldiers,” they often participate in various military applications on the left bank of the Dniester River. Three months ago, the Russian soldiers prepared for the fourth consecutive year to “force” the Nistru River. The Russian officials then said that the exercises aimed at so-called\u00a0“overcoming obstacles on the Dniester River”.<\/p>\n

The Chisinau Defense Ministry has always called on GOTR troops to refrain from such provocative maneuvers\u00a0but was ignored.<\/p>\n

Reminder:<\/strong> The ex-Defense Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Anatol Salaru, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Stepan Poltorak, have come to an understanding, namely that Ukraine is ready to prepare a “green corridor” for the evacuation of the Russian troops and weapons in Colbasna.<\/p>\n

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But how does Dodon see the reunification of Moldova with Transnistria? One border, the rest remains as it is<\/h3>\n

President Igor Dodon considers that the Transnistrian conflict can be solved only if the Moldovan plan is accepted and if there is a consensus between the three institutional powers in Chisinau – Executive, Legislative and Presidency – on the given subject.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, in an interview with TASS<\/a>, Dodon assumes that there is nothing to change – outside the common border of Moldova – Transnistria: the flags, the parliament, the president.<\/p>\n

“We’re in the same boat here. Many times, have I said that the left side can’t go in one direction and the right side in the other. […] There oughtn’t be the Russian plan, because the West won’t receive it. It oughtn’t be the Western plan, because Russia won’t accept it. Only the plan of the Republic of Moldova can be accepted at international level and this will be a success for all parties involved.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>President Igor Dodon refuses to say directly that Russian troops within the GOTR are illegally present on the territory of Moldova amid the fact that they must leave our country, once this is stipulated in Moldova’s status of neutrality. When asked for an opinion on the presence of Russian troops from GOTR on the territory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":445986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[30,35,27,58,31],"class_list":["post-445985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-en","category-reintegration","tag-dodon","tag-important","tag-moldova","tag-reintegration","tag-transnistria"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

President Igor Dodon refuses to say directly that Russian troops within the GOTR are illegally present on the territory of Moldova amid the fact that they must leave our country, once this is stipulated in Moldova’s status of neutrality.<\/p>\n

When asked for an opinion on the presence of Russian troops from GOTR on the territory of Moldova, this is Igor Dodon’s answer:<\/p>\n

“In Moldova there are peacekeepers and, the Operational Group of the Russian Troops is a limited group of soldiers. It is not a military base, but soldiers who keep the 14th Army munitions,” declared Dodon\u00a0at a press conference in which he spoke about the results of his visit to Moscow<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He furthermore made it clear that Russian soldiers are illegally on the territory of Moldova, though not having stated it clearly and directly.<\/p>\n

“We will sit down, discuss, and find a solution. It’s not just once that we’ve discussed about this with Vladimir Vladimirovich (former President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin) about this.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While President Dodon says that Russian GOTR soldiers are “a limited group of soldiers,” they often participate in various military applications on the left bank of the Dniester River. Three months ago, the Russian soldiers prepared for the fourth consecutive year to “force” the Nistru River. The Russian officials then said that the exercises aimed at so-called\u00a0“overcoming obstacles on the Dniester River”.<\/p>\n

The Chisinau Defense Ministry has always called on GOTR troops to refrain from such provocative maneuvers\u00a0but was ignored.<\/p>\n

Reminder:<\/strong> The ex-Defense Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Anatol Salaru, and his Ukrainian counterpart, Stepan Poltorak, have come to an understanding, namely that Ukraine is ready to prepare a “green corridor” for the evacuation of the Russian troops and weapons in Colbasna.<\/p>\n

<\/h3>\n

But how does Dodon see the reunification of Moldova with Transnistria? One border, the rest remains as it is<\/h3>\n

President Igor Dodon considers that the Transnistrian conflict can be solved only if the Moldovan plan is accepted and if there is a consensus between the three institutional powers in Chisinau – Executive, Legislative and Presidency – on the given subject.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, in an interview with TASS<\/a>, Dodon assumes that there is nothing to change – outside the common border of Moldova – Transnistria: the flags, the parliament, the president.<\/p>\n

“We’re in the same boat here. Many times, have I said that the left side can’t go in one direction and the right side in the other. […] There oughtn’t be the Russian plan, because the West won’t receive it. It oughtn’t be the Western plan, because Russia won’t accept it. Only the plan of the Republic of Moldova can be accepted at international level and this will be a success for all parties involved.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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