“Transnistria's Defenders” ready to help Ossetians

The organization “The Union of Transnistria's Defenders” announce they are ready “to provide multilateral help to the Ossetian people in their just fight for the freedom and independence of South Ossetia”. At the same time, the Tiraspol authorities don't rule out they won't stop Transnistrian volunteers to join the military conflict in South Ossetia, Info-Prim Neo has learnt from the official news agency of the Tiraspol authorities “Olvia-press”. The Tiraspol foreign ministry says it keeps steadily in touch with the South Ossetian authorities and considers how to respond quickly to the situation. Transnistria qualifies the military hostilities as „an act of aggression on behalf of the Georgian authorities on the free and democratic state and on the peaceful population of South Ossetia.” On Friday evening a meeting is expected in Tiraspol to protest „against Georgia's aggression on South Ossetia.” The unrecognized republics of Transnistria, South Ossetia and Abkhazia have formed a community called „For the peoples' democracy and rights”. Earlier, the Tiraspol leader Igor Smirnov stated Transnistria was ready any time to provide military support to South Ossetia. The military clashes in South Ossetia flared up in the evening of August 7. The Georgian authorities say they want to oust the anti-constitutional regime from Tskhinvali, while the Ossetian leaders consider it's an aggression on behalf of Georgia.