Saturday, January 2, 2010

Transnistria could be part of a Euroregion planned by the European Union for cross-border cooperation

Vladimir Yastrebchak, the foreign minister of the breakaway republic of Transnistria, said on December 30 that the region could be part of a Euroregion Dnestr [Imedia: Russian for the river Nistru, which acts as a natural border between Moldova and Transnistria, and Moldova and Ukraine] project, planned by the European Union for cross-border cooperation. The project would include a series of districts from Moldova and Ukraine.

The project had stalled when the Communists were in power, but it is still unclear what shape Transnistria's participation will take. The separatist region is not recognized by any country in the world and cannot therefore be listed as a separate country, but leaders there have insisted that the raion of Camenca, which is under Transnistrian control, needs to be listed as a Transnistrian raion.

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