Main objective of OSCE mission in Moldavia is withdrawal of Russian military from Transdnestr

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The problem of withdrawal of Russian armed forces and armament from the territory of the republic remains a priority of OSCE mission in Moldavia, Head of OSCE mission to Republic of Moldova Luis O’Neill stated Sep 20 at a press conference in Chisinau, REGNUM correspondent reports.

“Commitments undertaken by the Russian Federation at the OSCE summit in Istanbul remain in force, and Mission is ready to exert help to Russia in this regard and insists that the process is continued.” According to O’Neill, 20,000 tons of ammunitions can be evacuated in six months, given the necessary political will is available."

O’Neill also said that he would like to check out the situation at Russian military supply depot in the Kolbasna village. He said he coordinated the issue with the Ministry of Defense of Russia, and commander of Russian military task force. The OSCE Moldavian mission head complained that the Transdnestr officials, however, did not let him and his team members on the left bank of Dnestr. He blamed the task force of being incapable of performing anything and concluded that that was “a very dangerous trend.”