Tiraspol. Archive photoCHISINAU, May 12.Against the backdrop of the situation in Ukraine, Chisinau and Tiraspol became forced employees to ensure the safety of local residents and prevent the situation from escalating, political analyst Corneliy Churea said in a commentary to RIA Novosti. Earlier, Ukraine temporarily suspended the activities of military observers in the peacekeeping operation on the Dniester. OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said at a briefing in Chisinau at the end of March that it is still difficult to discuss when and under what conditions the next meeting in the 5+2 format will take place. Chisinau and Tiraspol are participating in the negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement in the «5+2» format as parties to the conflict, Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE — as mediators, the European Union and the United States — as observers.
The PMR Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Kyiv and Chisinau to avoid escalation in the region «I would assess the relations between Chisinau and Tiraspol as a forced alliance, despite the fact that the parties adhere to the opposite vision in matters of the sovereignty of Pridnestrovie. But the desire of both parties to remain out of the war coincides, there is an understanding that for this requires minimal cooperation. Therefore, I think that this implicit, forced alliance is aimed at avoiding an aggravation of the situation, given the situation in Ukraine,» Churya said. According to him, despite the rapprochement between the parties in the face of a common threat, there is also a problem with maintaining the usual format of negotiations.» The negotiation process in the «5 + 2″ format still exists, no one declares it dead, but if Russia continues to move through Ukraine towards the borders of Moldova, then this format will have very little chance. the need to preserve the negotiation process is a tribute to fashion, they are waiting, they don’t want to cut to the quick, but I it seems that such a format will be difficult to maintain,» the analyst added, noting that the usual format would be replaced by a different way of negotiating. that, on the wave of nationalism, Moldova will join Romania. In 1992, after a failed attempt by the Moldovan authorities to solve the problem by force, Transnistria became virtually a territory not controlled by Chisinau. from Transnistria
