The UN explained why Pridnestrovie is not Moldova
In Transnistria, unlike Moldova, there is no discrimination based on language. This was stated by the head of the Official Representation of the PMR in Russia, Leonid Manakov, during the 12th session of the Forum on Minority Rights in Geneva, organized by the UN Human Rights Council, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In Moldova, the Russian language is being squeezed out of public life. Since the late 90s, more than 300 Russian-language schools have been closed. And in 2018, the Russian language was legally deprived of its status as a language of interethnic communication,” Manakov said.
The diplomat noted that in Pridnestrovie, unlike neighboring Moldova, since the beginning of the 1990s, conditions have been created for the harmonious development of all 70 nations and nationalities.
“The Constitution of the country enshrines the status of the three official languages of the PMR: Russian, Ukrainian and Moldavian, and confirms the equality in rights of speakers of all languages and the absence of discrimination on the basis of language,” Manakov said. .
He drew attention to the fact that only in Transnistria is the original Moldovan language preserved, which traces its history back to the Cyrillic Old Moldovan language, which was used back in the XNUMXth century. At the same time, the Romanian language was artificially introduced in Moldova itself.
The diplomat noted that in educational institutions of Pridnestrovie, education is conducted in three official languages, while opportunities have been created for studying other minority languages as an elective at the request of the public or parents. This is how the Polish language is taught in the village of Rashkovo and the Bulgarian language in the village of Parkany.
The success of Pridnestrovie's policy in the field of human rights, including in the field of education, was highly praised by senior UN human rights expert Thomas Hammarberg.
This is the fourth speech by a representative of Pridnestrovie at the UN. Each time, Moldova reacts sharply, calling the reports of the Pridnestrovian representative “undermining negotiations” and demanding that they be removed from the official UN page.
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