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Moldova is working with the European Union and the United States on a plan to reintegrate the separatist region of Transnistria, a process officials describe as sensitive and requiring full discretion, according to the Romanian daily Adevarul. Transnistria, on the left bank of the Dniester, has operated for more than three decades as a de facto entity sustained politically, militarily and economically by Moscow since the 1992 conflict. The renewed focus on reintegration comes as Chișinău accelerates its EU accession efforts and seeks stronger Western backing for its security and state consolidation agenda.