Transdnestr parliamentary speaker: Decision on Kosovo should set example for Transdnestr and other conflicts settlement

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Chairman of the Transdnestr Moldavian Republic Yevgeny Shevchuk commented on the statement made by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Kosovo conflict settlement made at a meeting with the Cabinet of Ministers:

“We in Transdnestr are closely observing the events around Kosovo, because any decisions of the international community on Kosovo are the algorithm for future decisions on the Transdnestr-Moldavian issue. The situation in Kosovo has a lot of analogies with Transdnestr. In particular, the history of the collapse of Yugoslavia is in some points corresponding with the history of disintegration of Moldavia and Transdnestr. The agreements passed on Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Hercegovina, and the way the situation in Kosovo develops – all this should lay the basis for settlement of the Moldavian-Transdnestr situation.

”As for the statement made by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasian Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo about the unique nature of the situation in Kosovo and the ways of the settlement, I think, that despite the peculiarities of this or that situation, the international community must elaborate unified principles and approaches towards such situations in the world. If this does not happen, there will become more unsettled conflicts. So, we sincerely hope that the scheme that will be applied in Kosovo will set an example for the settlement of the Moldavian-Transdnestr conflict and other analogous conflicts.

“In this situation, I treat the effort of Moldavia to initiate economic blockade of Transdnestr through an agreement with the Ukrainian government on customs registration in Moldavia of Transdnestr goods crossing the Ukrainian border as willingness to oppress the Transdnestr Moldavian Republic before the international community makes a decision on Kosovo and, accordingly, before such a decision is made on Transdnestr.”