“When the political forces declare that a conflict that has lasted for tens of years and problematic issues should be settled swiftly, a question appears: do they really consider that their predecessors didn’t realize this?” spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova stated when she was asked to comment on President Igor Dodon’s statements about the possibility of rapidly resolving the Transnistrian dispute, IPN reports.

“It is evident that the necessity of resolving this problematic issue was understood by everyone. There were no people who would not agree with the fact that the situation necessitates a correct and respectful solution for all the citizens, within a legal timeframe and based on political-diplomatic methods. In fact, all the mechanisms for resolving this matter derived particularly from such a message,” Maria Zakharova said in a news conference.

According to her, given such reasons, on the one hand, politicians’ intentions to resolve issues swiftly contain nothing bad. However, the realities should be taken into account. The message should not be theoretical, but should be connected  with the chronology of the issue and real possibilities. Maria Zakharova referred to the statements made by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, who said it is extremely important not to do harm and this thing should be borne in mind.