Ion Leahu: Russia and Transnistria are not yet ready to assess objectively the situation from Varnita

The peace-keeping forces will continue to supervise the situation around the Varnita harbour utility, was decided on April 27 at the meeting of the Joint Control Commission. The sides did not yet decide in which way the created situation will be settled. Ion Leahu, member of IJC communicated to Info-Prim Neo that at the yesterday meeting was decided that the Moldovan and Transnistrian public order maintaining structures will not interfere in the dispute zone. The position of Tiraspol and the Russian Federation is that the Transnistrian structures acted in conformity with the documents they have, documents that confirm the property of the Bender naval port over the Varnita harbour utility, said Leahu. The use of force is justified by the fact that there existed threats from the Moldovan police. Neither Transnistria, nor the Russian Federation is ready to evaluate the situation from an unbiased point of view, but without these sides it is impossible to prevent similar situations, declared the quoted source. The discussions upon this problem will continue at the JCC meeting on May 4. On April 21, about 80 Transnistrian policemen (militiamen) seized the harbour utility of the Varnita village, and several employees were arrested. These actions were condemned by the OSCE mission in Chisinau and by the US embassy and recently also at the OSCE Permanent Council.