The Transnistrian conflict settlement talks in the 5+2 format will be resumed in Vienna on April 21. The announcement was made by Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Victor Osipov in the talk show “Place for dialogue” on the public station Radio Moldova, IPN reports.
The official considers that on April 21 the talks will only be launched and no important decision will be taken then. “For now we do not have a solution ready. We haven’t yet held at least a consistent discussion. Anyway, it is an important step and we will start to negotiate,” stated Osipov.
He said the negotiations between Chisinau and Tiraspol are often blocked by the Transnistrian side, which lays emphasis only on secondary problems. “For example, Transnistria faces a major economic crisis. Regretfully, those from Tiraspol often leave aside the economic problems. But we want to solve the problems experienced by the people from both sides of the Nistru River,” stated the Deputy Prime Minister.
“A rather sensitive issue raised by the Transnistrian side is the criminal cases started against persons who live in Transnistria. For example, the Moldovan Prosecutor’s Office took legal action against Transnistrian functionaries over deliberately dispossession of property of the farmland owners from Dubasari district, who are not allowed by the Transnistrian forces to cultivate their land and to gather the harvest. The Government of Moldova had to pay 12 million lei damages to these. We explained to those from Tiraspol that the Government cannot intervene in the work of the Prosecutor’s Office and other law enforcement bodies, given the principle of separation of powers. However, if the landowners are allowed to cultivate their land, the reason for which the criminal cases were started will disappear. There is also the problem of the Romanian-language schools teaching in Latin script,” said Osipov.
According to him, after the war in Ukraine began, a number of states located in the neighborhood expressed interest in the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict.
