Tiraspol, 11 September. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. The current foreign policy conditions are very convenient for Moldova, and, therefore, no one in Kishinev wants to continue the dialogue with Tiraspol either in the «5+2» format or in other negotiating venues, said the director of the Bureau of Political Studies Mediator, Sergey Shirokov, on TV.
«Moldova's tactics include several things: slowing down any political processes, economic and information pressure, attempts to maximise the seizure of our resources to deteriorate our economic and social situation," noted the expert.
According to him, there is no need to anticipate the intensification of the negotiating process and strengthening of the role of Austria's OSCE chairmanship.
The director of the Institute of Socio-Political Studies, Igor Shornikov, who links the stagnation of the dialogue with the forthcoming elections in Moldova, agrees with him.
«The pace that Kishinev took on to oust the Russian military from Pridnestrovie suggests that there is something behind it. Public opinion, mass media and the international idea are being mobilised to make Russia leave. They even raise the issue of Moldova withdrawing from the 1992 agreement. Such moments cannot but alarm. It can be assumed that during the pre-election period the theme of Pridnestrovie and the peacekeeping operation will be used by one of the players," Shornikov believes.
He underscored that the presence of Russian military forces had always been and remained a stabilising factor in the region, and given that Russia was regaining the status of a world power, it was unlikely that any of the regional players would want to confront it.
Anticipating the further development of the situation, Shirokov noted that Kishinev was not ready for an armed conflict, but provocations could not be ruled out.
«No one will deal with armed provocations ahead of parliamentary elections. It is very dangerous to play with matches in the area of a peacekeeping operation. No one can control the implications of these provocations, no one can predict where the conflict may bring," concluded the expert.
