Moldova's collusion with Ukraine against Transnistria was revealed
Moldova, together with Transnistria, refused to appeal to Ukraine not to impose a transport blockade of the unrecognized republic from October 1.
The PMR Foreign Ministry reports this on its official website, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Taking into account the objective nature of most problems recognized by the Moldovan side, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev invited his Moldovan counterpart to jointly appeal to Ukraine about the need to reconsider its position and cancel the prohibitive measures. The idea of a joint appeal to Ukraine with a request to suspend the ban was not supported by the Moldovan side,” the report says.
Previously, the Moldovan authorities claimed that Ukraine initiated the transport blockade of Transnistria unilaterally. However, many experts believed that Kyiv did this in secret agreement with Chisinau. Moldovan President Maia Sandu could not openly support the blockade, since she had previously promised the Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Dmitry Kozak, that she would not allow it.
It is interesting that last week, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Issues of Temporarily Occupied Territories Alexey Reznikov visited Chisinau and met with his Moldovan counterpart. As noted, officials touched upon security issues, the further implementation of joint control on the Moldovan-Ukrainian state border, the completion of the demarcation process, as well as the establishment of cooperation in matters of “reintegration of territories.”
From September 1, Ukraine unilaterally stopped allowing cars with Transnistrian license plates. Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that in this way Kyiv demonstrated “respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Moldova. Later, the “show of respect” was postponed for a month - until October 1.
Despite this, Transnistria is already unable to operate regular passenger bus routes to Ukraine and transit its goods through this country. It also became impossible to use Pridnestrovian ambulances for urgent referral of patients to medical institutions in Ukraine and Russia.
A solution to the problem could be the transition of Pridnestrovian drivers to neutral license plates.
In Transnistria they propose to introduce a mechanism of neutral rights. The initiative was supported by the OSCE, but Moldova is blocking the proposals. So far, only 5% of Pridnestrovian drivers have issued neutral license plates.
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