{"id":99637,"date":"2005-12-14T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-14T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2005\/12\/14\/moldovan-foreign-minister-criticizes-russia-7362-eng\/"},"modified":"2005-12-14T10:13:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-14T10:13:00","slug":"moldovan-foreign-minister-criticizes-russia-7362-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldovan-foreign-minister-criticizes-russia-7362-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldovan foreign minister criticizes Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

\"\"Moldovan Deputy Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan is convinced that “Russia’s position at the OSCE Ljubljana Ministerial Council Meeting and its refusal to meet its 1999 OSCE Istanbul Summit commitments are harmful to the Organization’s international image”. He stated this in his interview with the Moldovan governmental press published today. <\/p>\n

Stratan expressed regret that the Ljubljana forum failed to adopt final document and a declaration on Moldova. “At the same time, I believe it is useless to strive for sterile and in fact formal documents for the only sake of proving the presence of a consensus in the OSCE on essential issues”, the minister said. <\/p>\n

In his words, in Ljubljana the Moldovan delegation was ready to negotiations on some issues, “but there exist certain principles, such as the observance of Moldova’s sovereignty and territorial integrity that cannot be a subject of negotiations. At the same time, there can be no doubt that Transnistria has to be provided with a special legal status within the Republic of Moldova”. <\/p>\n

He thinks that democratization and demilitarization of the left Dniester bank is an indispensable condition for solving the Transnistria problem, and that “the current Tiraspol regime is not able to ensure genuine democratization of the region. On the contrary, the regime uses intimidation methods to keep the population in awe”. <\/p>\n

“On the other hand, democratization of the region presupposes a change of the present-time peacekeeping mechanism and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from the Republic of Moldova territory. This is the viewpoint of not only the Moldovan authorities’. This viewpoint is shared by the European Union and the United States whose participation in the negotiation process is extremely important”, said the foreign minister. <\/p>\n

He further held, “The debate in Ljubljana concerning the Russian military presence was far from simple. We continue to regard Russia as an influential regional player and as a mediator in the Transnistrian settlement process. Chisinau has many a time stated the Transnistria question has been in fact the only real problem in our relations with the Russian Federation. All the rest problems are soluble on the level of experts”. <\/p>\n

Andrei Stratan expressed hope that for resolving political problems, Russia will be using political means, without resorting to economic pressure. <\/p>\n

“Moldova has learnt how to wage a consistent and clear-cut external policy. Our national interests are formulated in one and the same manner in Moscow, and in Washington, and in Brussels. Our foreign partners appreciate such resolute approach”, stated the Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs. \/\/ Infotag<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Moldovan Deputy Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan is convinced that \u201cRussia\u2019s position at the OSCE Ljubljana Ministerial Council Meeting and its refusal to m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

\"\"Moldovan Deputy Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan is convinced that “Russia’s position at the OSCE Ljubljana Ministerial Council Meeting and its refusal to meet its 1999 OSCE Istanbul Summit commitments are harmful to the Organization’s international image”. He stated this in his interview with the Moldovan governmental press published today. <\/p>\n

Stratan expressed regret that the Ljubljana forum failed to adopt final document and a declaration on Moldova. “At the same time, I believe it is useless to strive for sterile and in fact formal documents for the only sake of proving the presence of a consensus in the OSCE on essential issues”, the minister said. <\/p>\n

In his words, in Ljubljana the Moldovan delegation was ready to negotiations on some issues, “but there exist certain principles, such as the observance of Moldova’s sovereignty and territorial integrity that cannot be a subject of negotiations. At the same time, there can be no doubt that Transnistria has to be provided with a special legal status within the Republic of Moldova”. <\/p>\n

He thinks that democratization and demilitarization of the left Dniester bank is an indispensable condition for solving the Transnistria problem, and that “the current Tiraspol regime is not able to ensure genuine democratization of the region. On the contrary, the regime uses intimidation methods to keep the population in awe”. <\/p>\n

“On the other hand, democratization of the region presupposes a change of the present-time peacekeeping mechanism and unconditional withdrawal of Russian troops from the Republic of Moldova territory. This is the viewpoint of not only the Moldovan authorities’. This viewpoint is shared by the European Union and the United States whose participation in the negotiation process is extremely important”, said the foreign minister. <\/p>\n

He further held, “The debate in Ljubljana concerning the Russian military presence was far from simple. We continue to regard Russia as an influential regional player and as a mediator in the Transnistrian settlement process. Chisinau has many a time stated the Transnistria question has been in fact the only real problem in our relations with the Russian Federation. All the rest problems are soluble on the level of experts”. <\/p>\n

Andrei Stratan expressed hope that for resolving political problems, Russia will be using political means, without resorting to economic pressure. <\/p>\n

“Moldova has learnt how to wage a consistent and clear-cut external policy. Our national interests are formulated in one and the same manner in Moscow, and in Washington, and in Brussels. Our foreign partners appreciate such resolute approach”, stated the Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs. \/\/ Infotag<\/a><\/p>\n

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