The Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Chisinau Lucy Joyce was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on June 19 to clarify the recent visit to London made by leaders of the breakaway republic of Transnistria. The diplomat said that was a private visit organized by a student association that stages debates on issues of academic interest, IPN has learned from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The ambassador noted that representatives of the Foreign Office of the UK profited from the occasion and informed the leaders from the Security Zone about the official position of the British Government, which considers that the Transnistrian conflict should be settled by observing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova, by giving a special status to Transnistria.

In the meeting, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Lilian Darii warned about the inopportunity of such actions in the future, invoking the negative effects generated by political stereotypes and the ill will of the representatives of the Transnistrian region.

The deputy minister noted that the Transnistrian leaders often committed political abuses and deviations in the recent past. These tend to use any rostrum to propagate secessionist ideas and to mislead the public opinion. Lilian Darii said these actions underline the efforts made with the support of international partners to identify a solution to the Transnistrian conflict, by respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova.