Tiraspol, 5 December. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. Russia is calling upon the sides to sign a document ensuring the implementation of the earlier agreements between Kishinev and Tiraspol. Moscow submitted a draft document for the consideration of Berlin's "5+2" meeting in 2016, and now it is time it was implemented, Russia's deputy foreign minister said in an interview with Izvestia. Particularly in view of the developments that were achieved at the recent round of negotiations in Vienna.
"We welcome the results achieved during the negotiations on 27-28 November. To reach them was not easy. As a result of the meeting — which was, unfortunately, the only meeting over the year of the Austrian OSCE chairmanship — along with the approval of the decisions made by the sides, a protocol was signed to outline further progress in the small steps tactics. Most of the documents that were signed are framework agreements," said the diplomat.
He added it was important to monitor the way they would be implemented as well as the emergence of artificial obstacles.
"In this connection, the work on Russia's proposal for an agreement between Kishinev and Tiraspol on guarantees for the implementation of the earlier agreements has become relevant," underscored Karasin.
After the "5+2" meeting in June 2016, it took one year and a half to bring the parties to the negotiating table. The international mediators and, first of all, Russia have made a great deal of effort to organise the meeting, Karasin explained. He recalled that an agreement had been signeв the previous year "in which the parties committed to a number of practical interaction issues." But there had been no progress due to "a tough stance of Kishinev".
The deputy minister considers it important to focus on the implementation of the small steps tactics because attempts to speed up the settlement may turn counterproductive.
"The main thing now is to avoid euphoria of the achieved results and focus on the qualitative elaboration of decisions to the benefit of citizens. Excessive haste instead of consistent and systematic work to create an atmosphere of trust can only produce counterproductive results," concluded Karasin.
