The veterans of the Nistru war said they will commemorate the Day of an Unfinished War on March 2. In a news conference at IPN, representatives of the 1992 War Veterans Association Tiras-Tighina said that Moldova does not have prospects of peace because Russia obeyed none of the signed agreements and the war continues.
The Association’s head Anatol Caraman said the signing of the peace agreement between Russia and Moldova in July 1992 was an act of hypocrisy. Russia fulfilled no agreement or promise made to the international community. The Russian troops stay illegally on Moldova’s territory, while the Transnistrian forces continue to promote separatism and humiliate the people at checkpoints.
Caraman made accusations against the current and former governments, saying the Communist government supported Russia’s actions, while the current government spends European funds without bringing the country closer to the EU, with the politicians being involved in corruption and property division schemes. People’s lives didn’t improve, while the government finished none of the initiated reforms.
Tiras-Tighina proposed increasing the pensions of war invalids who are unable to work. Anatol Caraman said the veterans live in poverty, with pensions of 800 lei a month.
Colonel Valeriu Lapsin said that the veterans on March 2 will not take part in the commemoration acts alongside the politicians who want only PR. The veterans suggested no longer organizing commemoration meals, but using the money to satisfy the needs of veterans.
Colonel Tudor Odobescu said the Transnistrian conflict would have been resolved if the former Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov had been condemned by the Chisinau courts for separatism. In 1991, Igor Smirnov was arrested by the Chisinau police in Kiev. He was brought to Moldova, but was released immediately by the then President Mircea Snegur.
The Nistru war began on March 2, 1992. The ceasefire agreement was signed on July 21.
