Posted on 10/03/2004 8:59:39 AM PDT by Lukasz
Moldova said Thursday it was fed up with trying to end its long-running territorial squabble with Transdniestr by dealing directly with the separatist region and instead wanted the United States and the European Union to step in.
Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin said that henceforth there would be no more negotiations with the separatist authorities because talks between the two have got nowhere.
"Negotiations have been unsatisfactory and counterproductive, because while Moldova applies the terms of the agreements signed, Transdniestr ignores them in 99 percent of cases," he said.
Transdniestr -- populated mainly by Russian speakers -- unilaterally declared independence from the rest of Moldova, which is mainly Romanian-speaking, in 1990.
Russian forces were forced to intervene in the region in 1992 after fighting between the opposing sides left hundreds dead.
"Negotiations between the five (Moldova, Transdniestr, Russia, Ukraine and the pan-European Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) have been going on for 12 years now, but nothing has come out of them," said Voronin, adding that he wanted greater involvement by the EU and the United States to find a solution.
Just to be clear, the map shows Moldova. The so-called "Transdniestrian Republic" is the area of Moldova to the east of the Dniester river.
BTTT
yes I knew, I just pasted next better map
My family is from around there. My parents were born in Chernivtsi. We're Ukrainian. My dad lived under :
Austro- Hungarian empire
Romainian Monarchy
Romainian Fascists
Soviet Union
Nazi's
Ran like hell to avoid Soviets again.
US Military Occupation Austria
United States- Land of the Free
"Transdniestr"
I thought it was a typo... never heard of it.
Your homepage is terrific. Now I would love to see Poland.
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