Moscow threatens to recognise independence of Transnistria

• 20.10.2014, 12:24

The Russian foreign minister blackmails the authorities of Moldova.

Sergei Lavrov says that if Chisinau repeals its non-bloc status, Transnistria will have the right to “decide its future independently”, Interfax reports.

The Russian foreign minister said it during an open lecture on foreign affairs in Moscow. He recalled about the agreements reached at the beginning of the conflict settlement process in Transnistria, when the format “five plus two” was formed. Moldova and Transnistria take part in negotiations as conflict sides, Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE as mediators, the EU and the EU as observers.

“It was one of the key points at the beginning of the 'five plus two' talks, and all agreed that if Moldova loses its sovereignty and gets annexed by another country, or if Moldova changes its military-political non-bloc status, the people of Transnistria have the right to decide their future independently. We will insist on this position, which was approved by all parties,” Lavrov said.

The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed as an independent Soviet republicin the USSR on September 2, 1990. In 1991, it was renamed as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Transnistria). Russia has been maintaining economic and political ties with the unrecognised state, but has not recognised it.