Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Negotiations for resolution of Transnistrian conflict to resume in Vienna on November 6

The so-called "5+2 format" negotiations surrounding the Transnistrian conflict may resume in Vienna on November 6. The format includes Moldova and the breakaway republic of Transnistria as parties to the conflict; Russia, Ukraine, and the OSCE as mediators; and the United States and the European Union as observers.

Negotiators last met in June 2009, after which meetings were suspended.

Moldova fought a short, but bloody, civil war in 1992, as a result of which a separatist republic called Transnistria was formed in the East. Moscow has been rather supportive of the region, particularly because a very large number of inhabitants there speak Russian. Some Russian parties are also active in Transnistria.

h/t www.jurnal.md
www.deca.md

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