Maya Sandu. Archive photoCHISINAU, May 30.Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that Chisinau has a fundamentally important condition for the Transnistrian settlement — not to impede Chisinau's European integration. Earlier, Ukraine 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.
The Prime Minister of Moldova is concerned that the country's plans to join the EU will be forgotten» Chisinau has fundamentally important stages in resolving this conflict. It is very important for us that any decision does not interfere with Moldova's European integration aspirations, this will be the number one condition in the negotiations. There are also other conditions. But the discussion of all these issues and fundamental stages, as well as the negotiations themselves in the 5 + 2 format, will be possible only after the hostilities in Ukraine,» Sandu said on PRO TV Chisinau. At the same time, the President of Moldova stressed that the process of European integration is very long. «We must understand that European integration will not come tomorrow, even if we get the status of an EU candidate country,» Sandu said. She found it difficult to say when Moldova would join the European Union, noting that «everything will depend on the geopolitical situation.» join Romania. In 1992, after a failed attempt by the Moldovan authorities to solve the problem by force, Transnistria became a de facto territory not controlled by Chisinau. the weight
