New tensions in Security Zone

Chisinau, 1 February /MOLDPRES/- The provocative actions taken by Tiraspol during January in the Security Zone, especially in the district with increased security regime, were the central issue at the meeting of the Joint Control Commission on 31 January, the Bureau for Reintegration has reported.

Thus, after disposing the border guard and customs stations at the intersection of some streets separating Bender from Varnita village, and Bender-2 railway station and blocking procedures established by the military observers of these serious violations, strained tension continued through the issuance on 25 January of an alleged decree that calls Varnita village as a locality temporarily under the control of the Republic of Moldova.

Representative of the local administration of Bender said he did not know the reasons for this decision, and is forced to execute it. His statements contradict the text of the alleged "document" in which as “ground” is an address of the local council of Bender of 20 December 2018 in an attempt to position as a will of local representatives.

In the same context, the Moldovan delegation reiterated the earlier proposals (to request case explanations, to organize military patrols in Bender).

The Commission members also tackled the issue on the abolition of the Transnistrian "border guard" station on the bank of the Dniestre river between the localities of Cremenciug and Slobozia. Although the Moldovan delegation called for its replacement with a mobile post of joint peacekeeping forces, and the Russian delegation opted for a stationary post of joint peacekeeping forces, the Transnistrian side rejected the proposals.

In another context, in connection with the Moldovan delegation's request to ensure the rule of law in the localities in the Security Zone both during the election campaign and on election day, the Transnistrian delegation said that it would express its position later.