Posted on 03/24/2009 10:11:33 PM PDT by pobeda1945
TIRASPOL, March 24 (RIA Novosti) - The president of the unrecognized Moldovan republic of Transdnestr said on Tuesday a Russian military base could be established in the country.
"If Russia needs military bases here, we have legislation on Russian troops," Igor Smirnov told journalists.
The leaders of Russia, Moldova and Transdnestr agreed last Wednesday to continue talks on the issue of the disputed Transdnestr region at a meeting in Moscow. The leaders confirmed the importance of the five-plus-two format, comprising Russia, Ukraine, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the U.S. the EU, Moldova and Transdnestr.
Relations between Moldova and its rebel region have been tense since March 1992, when Moldova declared its independence from the Soviet Union, and Transdnestr in turn proclaimed itself a republic. Russia has had peacekeepers in the area since July 1992, and the negotiation process has been frozen since February 2006.
Hopes that talks would finally resume were given a boost after a meeting between the presidents of Transdnestr and Moldova in the Transdnestr city of Bendery in April last year. However, another round of talks, scheduled for September 2008, was called off after the parties failed to agree on a venue.
A whole country for Transgenders?
Yeah, it's called the Castro District in San Francisco!!
Sheesh, I feel really dumb when I see two countries mentioned and I’ve never heard of either, LOL.
MM
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I know! And they say this is a “small world”!
and getting more petty every day...
Transdnestr, where the EVIL EMPIRE never collapsed.
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