Checkpoint of Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria. Archive photoTIRASPOL, Jul 29Foreign Minister of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Vitaly Ignatiev, in an interview with RIA Novosti, said that the situation in Ukraine confirms the importance of peacekeepers for Pridnestrovie. Friday marks 30 years since the start of the peacekeeping operation in Pridnestrovie: joint peacekeeping forces were deployed in the region on July 29, 1992 in accordance with an agreement on the principles for the peaceful settlement of an armed conflict, signed by the presidents of the Russian Federation and Moldova. «We proceed from the fact that the current tripartite peacekeeping mechanism has proven itself brilliantly over 30 years, and there is no reason to change anything. Moreover, in the context of global and regional turbulence, including the conflict in neighboring Ukraine, the value and stabilizing role of the peacekeeping mission on the Dniester has become as clear as possible for everyone,» Ignatiev said. He noted that Pridnestrovie always believes in the best and counts on a rational, pragmatic approach, but they are forced to analyze and discuss all scenarios ii.Peace in the zone of the Transnistrian conflict is supported by a joint peacekeeping force, which includes 402 Russian servicemen, 492 Transnistrian, 355 Moldovan, as well as ten military observers from Ukraine. Peacekeepers serve at 15 fixed posts and checkpoints located in key areas of the security zone. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbas. .jpg» />Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie urged to prevent the escalation of the conflict
