Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin is in Chisinau to meet with Chisinau and Transnistrian officials. During a press conference he held after meeting with Speaker and interim President Mihai Ghimpu, Mr. Karasin noted that Russia would not withdraw its troops from the breakaway region until a final resolution to the conflict is reached.
The Russian deputy Foreign Minister added that the Russian peacekeepers are a guarantee that force will not be used to solve the conflict.
Russia has about 1,500 troops stationed in the separatist republic of Transnistria, which has not been under Chisinau's control since a civil war in 1992. Most of the troops are peacekeepers. Some guard Soviet-era munitions.
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