OSCE chairman in office calls the parts to find a solution to de-block the situation created by implementing the new customs clearances regime

The OSCE chairman in office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, asked the Mission to Moldova to consult all parts in order to find a solution to problems created after ceasing Transnistrian exports without Moldovan stamp. According to OSCE official site, he said that this Moldovan-Ukrainian agreement is an important step that, if it is implemented that way it has to be, could contribute to a transparent control regime at the border. Karel de Gucht is concerned by impatience created in Tiraspol. OSCE chairman noted that Russia sent a mission on the spot. "I call all parts, including the Transnistrian one, to act positively in order to find a solution,” de Gucht said. On 3 March, Ukraine implemented the regime that the transit of Transnistrian goods at Moldovan-Ukrainian border is done according to specimens of Moldova. Unrecognised authorities of Tiraspol called this action as economic blockade. Officials of Moscow supported them. Russia sent a delegation to Transnistria, without having the agreement of Chisinau. On 7 March, the separatist leader of Tiraspol announced that he got out the negotiations in format „5+2”. On the other hand, European and US officials welcomed Ukraine’s decision to implement the new regime. On Thursday evening, the parliament of Moldova was discussing about adopting a declaration on the created situation. The government of Russian also will discuss this item on Friday.