Zelensky and Prystaiko saved Transnistria from the blockade
The unexpected decision of the Moldovan government to postpone the introduction of joint checkpoints with Ukraine on the Transnistrian-Ukrainian border is associated with the position of official Kyiv, which the West prohibits from cooperating with the government of the conditionally pro-Russian Igor Dodon.
Political expert Sergei Cheban writes about this in the Moldovan publication Regional Trends Analitics, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“It is difficult to imagine that in the context of the implementation of a hard line in the Transnistrian direction, the decision of the Moldovan authorities was made under pressure from Tiraspol or in order to convince left-bank leaders to soften their positions.
It seems that the key factor in this case was the position of Kyiv, which simply did not agree on strengthening the control functions of Moldovan representatives on its territory.
Thus, Ukraine expressed solidarity with the general position of Washington, Brussels and Bucharest on the need to minimize assistance to the current government of Moldova and personally to Igor Dodon,” writes Ceban.
There are 13 checkpoints on the Ukrainian-Transnistrian border, 6 of which have been manned by Moldovan border guards since 2017.
Chisinau and Kyiv planned to establish joint patrols at 10 checkpoints, including in Kuchurgan, through which 70% of Transnistrian imports from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine pass.
However, on January 13, the Moldovan government unexpectedly postponed the implementation of this plan for six months.
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