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According to the Russian foreign minister, the five Russian diplomats expelled from Moldova were members of the Joint Control Commission

In an interview with Russia's Nezavisimaya Gazeta, the president said that Pridnestrovie was expecting Moldova to take reciprocal steps to accommodate the existing agreements

Vitaly Ignatyev spoke about the Moldovan authorities' attempts to dismantle the existing peacekeeping mechanism

The foreign minister spoke about the relationship between the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Moldova, Kishinev's plans to transform the peacekeeping operation, the establishment of Moldo-Ukrainian control over the Pridnestrovian border and the blocking of international negotiations

According to Galina Antyufeyeva, Moldova is trying to resolve political issues through economic means

The head of the Moldova and Pridnestrovie Department of the CIS Institute, Sergey Lavrenyov, has commented on the Kiev authorities' decision to ban the transit of food into the PMR through the Ukrainian border since 20 May, as well as Moldova's plans to establish joint Moldo-Ukrainian customs and border control at the Pridnestrovian border

According to the head of the PMR's government, the allegations by the Moldovan president that foreign assistance is "carved up" in Pridnestrovie are untrue as the country's economic activities are absolutely open to monitoring

The bill sets out the objectives, principles and procedures of the negotiating process between the PMR and Moldova and reflects the current state of relations between the countries

According to Ukraine's ambassador to Moldova Ivan Gnatyshin, the blockade restrictions aim to subordinate Pridnestrovie's trade to Kishinev

A relevant legal decision draft was sent to the Moldovan side earlier

Tiraspol and Kishinev are ready to meet in the "5+2" format as the OSCE believes they have no "political will" to do so

Pridnestrovie isn't, according to the president