The Moldovan Foreign Ministry on Saturday, December 18, called the participation of Russian Ambassador Oleg Vasnetsov in the inauguration of the President of Transnistria Vadim Krasnoselsky as an unfriendly action.
The diplomatic service added that the presidential elections in Transnistria are illegitimate and contradict the constitution of Moldova.
The presence of foreign diplomats at events that “can be used for propaganda purposes” will not bring a positive contribution to resolving the situation in the region, the Moldovan Foreign Ministry concluded.
Earlier that day, the chairman of the commission on pardoning the presidential administration of Moldova, Ion Guzun, suggested declaring the Russian ambassador persona non grata because of his participation in the inauguration of Krasnoselsky.
Later, the adviser to the President of Moldova Sorina Shtefartsa stated that the presidential administration of the country did not come up with the initiative to declare Vasnetsov persona non grata. According to her, Guzun’s statement on the need to expel the ambassador does not reflect the position of Moldovan leader Maia Sandu.
On December 13, the Central Election Commission of Transnistria announced that the current president of the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic, Vadim Krasnoselsky, won the presidential election of the head of the region held on December 12, receiving 79.4% of the votes. Krasnoselsky and a resident of the village of Gyrtop, Grigoriopol region, Sergei Pynzar, applied for the highest state post.
On August 11, Moldova expressed hope for building a pragmatic dialogue with Russia. Sandu said that Chisinau is ready to resume the settlement of the conflict with the unrecognized Transnistria by peaceful means.
The Transnistrian conflict between Moldova and the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic began in Soviet times. It worsened after Moldova’s secession from the USSR and grew into an armed confrontation in 1992.
Russian peacekeepers were brought into the combat zone in Transnistria on July 29, 1992 in accordance with an agreement on the principles of peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in the Transnistrian region. Currently, Russian peacekeepers maintain peace in the dividing security zone along the Dniester.
Source: IZ
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