Tiraspol, 21 April. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. Pridnestrovie's MFA has invited the heads of 23 diplomatic missions accredited to Moldova to arrive in Tiraspol on 21 April 2017 to informally discuss the whole complex of problematic issues, as well as possible ways to escape the emerging crisis situation which may arise because of the plans of Moldova and Ukraine to establish joint customs and border control on the Pridnestrovian-Ukrainian border.
«In this regard we accepted with extreme bafflement the refusal of all diplomatic missions to arrive in Pridnestrovie or to delegate their representatives to the event motivated by various pretexts, with the exception of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Moldova," the ministry's official website reports.
Tiraspol regards this gesture of international participants as «a demonstrative apathy to hear the position of Pridnestrovie, which shows that there is no real willingness to discuss the problems of joint control even at the technical level. It is noteworthy that several international partners have repeatedly called for informal discussions, especially representatives of the European Union.»
«In this context the refusal to participate in the event in Tiraspol is a confirmation of insincere approaches and deliberate evasion of open discussions in order to avoid any form of substantive discussion on the problem of joint Moldovan-Ukrainian control at the border with Pridnestrovie both on the informal level and on the level of official meetings at the 'Permanent Conference…'. Taking such a position, some international participants in the negotiation process are responsible for the projected negative consequences from the implementation of this destructive measure," reads the official statement of the MFA.
The full text of the statement is available here.
