Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Vladimir Socor: Transnistria Remains the Only Really “Frozen” Conflict

Vladimir Socor, a well-known American analyst of Romanian origin, recently published an article on Transnistria on the Jamestown Foundation's website. Mr. Socor frequently comments upon events in Moldova.

An excerpt:
"In 2008, Russia “unfroze” the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia through outright war and occupation of these Georgian territories. In the latter part of 2009, the United States and Russia each accelerated negotiations on the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, each pressing for some kind of quick results. Although the US and Russian initiatives are inherently competitive, they both proceed from the same flawed point of departure, breaking the link between Armenian troop withdrawal from seven Azerbaijani districts and normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations. This approach can only keep the Karabakh conflict unresolved, although it creates the appearance of intensive negotiations toward settling it."

The full article can be read here.

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