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According to the Pridnestrovian president, Kishinev and Tiraspol have signed over 200 agreements, most of which are ignored by the Moldovan side

According to Russia's State Duma member, only unresolved conflict with the PMR prevents Moldova from "falling" into Romania.

This is a direct violation of agreements reached within the negotiating process, round table participants believe

Vadim Krasnoselsky expressed his attitude towards a new reintegration plan announce by Kishinev, already called the "carrot-and-stick" plan

During a press briefing, the president said that Pridnestrovie was in favour of a negotiating process in any format — both "5+2" and "1+1" — and was ready to discuss without preconditions issues of concern to ordinary people

In Moscow the Pridenstrovian president met Russia's vice premier and presidential representative on Pridnestrovie Dmitry Rogozin

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