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Sergey Lavrov has indicated that Moscow does not intend to comply with these requests of the elected president of the Republic of Moldova.
The head of Russian diplomacy said that the Russian military in Transnistria is guarding the ammunition depots in Colbasna, suggesting that they are in a disastrous state and that there is a security danger if they are no longer under surveillance.
Lavrov pointed out that Moscow wants to evacuate ammunition from Transnistria, but Tiraspol does not accept this, after Chisinau failed to fulfill certain obligations to Tiraspol in the context of solving the Transnistrian conflict.
Lavrov was also outraged by Maia Sandu’s statement that the Russian peacekeepers should be replaced by a civilian mission.
“It is difficult to understand what Ms Sandu had in mind when she spoke about the need to evacuate the Russian peacekeepers from Transnistria, but I don’t think that will help resolve the conflict and I don’t think we can accept such a request,” he said. . Sergey Lavrov, cited by Interfax.
Lavrov emphasized that the Russian peacekeepers, as well as those of Moldova and Ukraine, are in the security zone following decisions that were taken in the format of “5 + 2” negotiations and were accepted by the OSCE. According to him, the respective peacekeepers have the role of maintaining peace and stability in the region. The head of Russian diplomacy claims that it was these blue helmets that stopped the war in Dniester and kept the conflict frozen.
We remind you that after Maia Sandu was elected president, she stated in several interviews that she will advocate for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria. Maia Sandu specified that she does not say anything new, because that has always been the official position of Chisinau, which she will continue to promote. Maia Sandu also stressed that the Russian peacekeeping forces must be replaced by a civilian mission under the auspices of the OSCE.
Moscow reacted critically every time Maia Sandu spoke of the need to withdraw Russian troops, either through Russian MFA spokeswoman Maria Zaharova or Kremlin spokeswoman Dmitry Peskov.
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