OSCE Chair calls on the parties of the Transdniestrian settlement to refrain from unilateral actions impeding the negotiation process

KYIV, 17 June 2013 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara expressed his concern over the negative implications  for the Transdniestrian settlement process caused by the recent adoption by the Transdniestrian side of the so-called legal act on the border.

“Unilateral approval of documents contradicts certain provisions of the Agreement on the principles of the peaceful settlement of the conflict in the Transdniestrian region of the Republic of Moldova of 21 July 1992, as well as other earlier reached agreements between the sides”, stressed Kozhara.

The OSCE Chairperson called for making full use of the mechanisms provided by the Permanent Conference on Political Issues in the Framework of the Negotiation Process for the Transdniestrian Settlement as well as of other forms of direct dialogue for an open discussion on all pending problems, including the freedom of movement. He also called for refraining from actions and steps that could undermine confidence and adversely affect the atmosphere in the negotiations.