Moldovan Foreign Minister Nikolai Popescu. Archive photoCHISINAU, April 29Chisinau counts on the assistance of the OSCE and other partners in the process of maintaining peace and stability on both banks of the Dniester, Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister of the Republic Nicolae Popescu said. Thomas Mayr-Harting, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairmanship for the Transdniestrian Settlement; and Ambassador-at-Large of the Chairman-in-Office Arthur Dmochowski. Earlier, they met with Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Oleg Serebrian.The European Union will increase support for Moldova»We touched on the current situation in the process of settling the Transnistrian conflict and the latest disturbing events on the left bank of the Dniester. I emphasized the importance of maintaining stability and peace on both banks of the Dniester and explained to my interlocutors that the Chisinau authorities are counting in this regard on the practical support of the Polish chairmanship of the OSCE and other external partners,» Popescu wrote on his Telegram channel after meeting with the OSCE representatives. The Vice Prime Minister noted that it is necessary to avoid actions that could lead to destabilization of the situation in the region. According to him, the difficult situation requires Chisinau to maintain constant vigilance. The authorities are counting on the support of the OSCE in monitoring possible negative scenarios.The West is ready to destroy MoldovaIn the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, three terrorist attacks took place this week — in the building of the Ministry of State Security of the PMR in Tiraspol, near a military unit near the village of Parkany and on a tower of a radio and television center near the village of Mayak. A «red» level of terrorist threat has been introduced in the republic. The Investigative Committee of Transnistria opened criminal cases under the article «a terrorist attack committed by a group of persons using firearms.» President of the unrecognized PMR Vadim Krasnoselsky said that the traces of the organizers of the explosions in Transnistria lead to Ukraine. Chisinau and Tiraspol as parties to the conflict, Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE as mediators, the European Union and the United States participate in the negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement in the «5 + 2» format — as observers. Transnistria, 60% of whose inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians, sought secession from Moldova even before the collapse of the USSR, fearing that Moldova would join Romania on the wave of nationalism. In 1992, after a failed attempt by the Moldovan authorities to solve the problem by force, Pridnestrovie became virtually a territory not controlled by Chisinau. Tiraspol
