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Moldova is continuing to escalate the situation around Pridnestrovie and under these circumstances we need to protect our statehood, underscored the president

The president commented on the accusation by a Moldovan MP against the Pridnestrovian leadership of attempts to privatise the land in the Security Zones belonging Moldovan farmers

Ukrainian and Moldovan prime ministers are scheduled to meet in Odessa in September

"Russia is a guarantor in the '5+2' negotiating process and, in fact, could represent the interests of Pridnestrovie in the UN," the president told Russia's Parliamentary Gazette

According to Vitaly Ignatyev, if Moldova wanted to improve its relationship with Pridnestrovie, the best way to do that would be "specific, practical work at each level of the negotiating process aimed at improving the lives of people" rather than undermining the peacekeeping operation

Vasily Nebenzya has called Moldova's decision "rather unfriendly and quite unexpected"

Bendery's OSCE office has been the host of today's meeting of the political representatives of Pridnestrovie and Moldova

According to Vitaly Ignatyev, this unilateral measure violates both agreements and mechanisms of the negotiating process, and Pridnestrovie's stance on this issue is simply ignored

According to them, a change in the format of the peacekeeping operation is unlikely

Journalist Alexander Staver analysed the sitution around Pridnestrovie on the Military Review web edition

Such initiatives, which are designed to exacerbate relations with Russia and to disrupt the dialogue between Tiraspol and Moscow, have recently grown in number

According to the political expert, the Russian military facilities in Pridnestrovie will become one of the main possible targets in case of a conflict defrosting

Experts fear that the Moldovan government's policy could exacerbate the situation around Pridnestrovie

"Pridnestrovians don't doubt about the format of the current peacekeeping operation," the Prime Minister emphasized

Vadim Krasnoselsky said that as long as there were peacekeepers, there wouldn't be any war on the Dniester