Defiance acts continue in Security Zone of Moldova

Chisinau, 08 February /MOLDPRES/ – At the meeting of the Joint Control Commission (CUC) on 07 February 2019, there were addressed the violations recently committed in the Security Zone (ZS) by so – called structures on the left bank of the Dniester river, the office for reintegration policy’s information and media communication service has reported.

Thus, the Moldovan delegation has repeatedly warned of the consequences that might occur as a result of the abusive actions of the Tiraspol administration, referring to the alleged provisions of 25 January 2019, and 19 October 2018, in which some areas of ZS are targeted.

In the given context, the parties involved in the peacekeeping mission were given the appeal, in which they were exposed the irregularities committed by issuing the aforementioned provisions, as well as the systematic violations admitted by so – called Transnistrian structures, especially in Bender city. There is to mention that on 18 – 22 January 2019, several cases of abusive location of Transnistrian "customers" and "border guards" in vicinity of Varnita, where representatives of Tiraspol in the Commission, were found to lack competence in the given subject. Thus, the Moldovan delegation asked the representatives of Russia, Ukraine and OSCE Mission to Moldova to take the necessary measures in order to relieve the situation in the designated localities.

Another case of defiance of the peacekeeping mission is the expansion of the infrastructure and installation of the unknown targets to the Transnistrian "border guard" structures at Dorotcaia control station. These actions were not coordinated beforehand within the Commission and the works are carried out even during the meeting of CUC. Also, the exit of the military observers for the observation of these actions was blocked by the Transnistrian side.

Starting from the permissible deviations, the Moldovan delegation reiterated the necessity to adopt a mechanism for monitoring the situation in ZS, which would not admit the current inconsistencies in the process of verification, detection and resolution of violations. The Ukrainian side and representatives of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, which are part of the Commission, have shown their openness to the development of such a mechanism.

Another topic addressed is the elimination of the Transnistrian post of border guards between localities Slobozia and Cremenciug and its substitution with a joint pacification. Thus, the components of the Commission agreed to hold further consultations to resolve the issue.