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Vienna consultations to focus on Dniester talks resumption
CHISINAU (Itar-Tass) - Opportunities for the resumption
of the official negotiations on the Dniester region conflict settlement
will top the agenda of the consultations in the five-plus-two format that
begin in Vienna on Monday.
The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis,
told reporters that ahead of the consultations he visited Moldova, Russia
and Ukraine that confirmed the necessity of the soonest possible
resumption of the talks.
However, the unrecognized republic insists that it is still early to
resume the dialogue. Tiraspol accused Chisinau of pressure and
non-fulfillment of the agreements that had already been reached.
"Moldova in many respects does not fulfill what had been signed and
decided. At the same time the enforcement actions are taken only against
us," the leader of the Dniester region, Igor Smirnov, said at the meeting
with the OSCE chairman-in-office. "Along with this we have nothing against
the talks, but the talks should be effective."
Azubalis noted that during the negotiations that were launched in 1994
a huge package of documents was developed, but at present, it needs a
revision.
Speaking about the five-plus-two format of the consultations, the
diplomat underlined that it did not exhaust its potential and should not
be changed.
He believes that the main problem is that it is necessary to establish
clear rules of the negotiations as "if these rules are unclear and vague,
the negotiations will be at a standstill, what we have in this case."
The talks in the five-plus-two format (Moldova, the Dniester region,
OSCE, Russia, Ukraine and observers from the United States and the
European Union) were disrupted in February 2006. Chisinau and Tiraspol
managed to resume the dialogue in two years with Russia's assistance. In
April 2008 the first meeting after a seven year break took place between
Moldova's then president Vladimir Voronin and the Dniester region's leader
Igor Smirnov. Later this process was suspended over unstable political
situation in Moldova that has been failing to elect a president for the
second year running.
of the official negotiations on the Dniester region conflict settlement
will top the agenda of the consultations in the five-plus-two format that
begin in Vienna on Monday.
The Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis,
told reporters that ahead of the consultations he visited Moldova, Russia
and Ukraine that confirmed the necessity of the soonest possible
resumption of the talks.
However, the unrecognized republic insists that it is still early to
resume the dialogue. Tiraspol accused Chisinau of pressure and
non-fulfillment of the agreements that had already been reached.
"Moldova in many respects does not fulfill what had been signed and
decided. At the same time the enforcement actions are taken only against
us," the leader of the Dniester region, Igor Smirnov, said at the meeting
with the OSCE chairman-in-office. "Along with this we have nothing against
the talks, but the talks should be effective."
Azubalis noted that during the negotiations that were launched in 1994
a huge package of documents was developed, but at present, it needs a
revision.
Speaking about the five-plus-two format of the consultations, the
diplomat underlined that it did not exhaust its potential and should not
be changed.
He believes that the main problem is that it is necessary to establish
clear rules of the negotiations as "if these rules are unclear and vague,
the negotiations will be at a standstill, what we have in this case."
The talks in the five-plus-two format (Moldova, the Dniester region,
OSCE, Russia, Ukraine and observers from the United States and the
European Union) were disrupted in February 2006. Chisinau and Tiraspol
managed to resume the dialogue in two years with Russia's assistance. In
April 2008 the first meeting after a seven year break took place between
Moldova's then president Vladimir Voronin and the Dniester region's leader
Igor Smirnov. Later this process was suspended over unstable political
situation in Moldova that has been failing to elect a president for the
second year running.
