Leaders of Moldova's separatist Transnistrian area say they would break off all contacts with the Chisinau Government until it denounced Georgian "aggression" in South Ossetia. "Transnistria declares a moratorium on contacts with Moldova until the Moldovan side issues a decisive, unconditional denunciation of Georgia's aggression," the foreign ministry of the Tiraspol authorities said in a statement. It accused Moldova of behaving like Georgia by trying to "change the format of talks, reduce Russia's role to a minimum and create conditions for the use of force to solve the conflict". On August 11, Moldova's Foreign Ministry had endorsed a European Union's statement noting the "worsening situation in South Ossetia". The EU issued its statement last Friday evening, August 8.