The Ukrainian authorities have plans to denounce the agreement with Russia, which provides rules for the presence of the Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria, and thus achieve their withdrawal from the conflict zone, said a military-diplomatic Source close to the negotiation process. " Having failed in attempts to exclude Russia from the participants of the black sea naval group of operative interaction (BLACKSEAFOR), the Kyiv authorities have decided to try to take revenge on another track for its anti-Russian policy. Now they have plans to achieve the withdrawal of the Russian peacekeepers from the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic ", - said the Source, quoted by ITAR-TASS." Since June of the current Ukrainian authorities with the filing of their defense Ministry, " said the Source, is working on the issue on denunciation of agreements with Russia, which provides rules for the presence of Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria "." the story is told, - he noted, - about 2 documents: the agreement on the organization of interstate military traffic and payments for them, and the agreement on transit through the territory of Ukraine, military units of Russia, for the time being on the square of Moldova ". The source added that the Ukrainian leadership is going to motivate the upcoming denunciation of the agreements with Russia precedent for the reunification of the Crimea and Sevastopol where Russia has renounced unilaterally in April of current year all four convicted before the agreement with Ukraine on black sea fleet. Along with this, he said, the Kiev government, intending to go for it, are anxious not to damage the reputation of Ukraine As a country-guarantor and mediator in the negotiations on the Transnistrian conflict settlement held in the format " 5 2 " (Moldova, Transnistria, Russia, Ukraine, OSCE and observers from the EU and the USA). For this reason, informed the Source, " the Ukrainian leadership, apparently, will go towards supporting initiatives Moldova, Romania and European Union about the need of changing the format of the peacekeeping operation in Transnistria, turning it into some kind of civil mission with subsequent replacement of Russian peacekeepers Western police ". As noted, from its part, a Source in the Russian Foreign Ministry, " in fact the above mentioned contract for a long time already not working "." because of this, may be, it will be necessary to find other ways transit soldiers and cargo, for example, to establish an air bridge bypassing the airspace of Ukraine ", - he added. Remember, the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (PMR), about 60% of whose citizens are Russians and Ukrainians, sought to secede from Moldova even before the collapse of the USSR. The formation of a sovereign country Transnistria was declared on September 2, 1990 according to the results of referenda and meetings Residents 1989-1990 years. At present the world in the field of support of peacekeeping forces. Tiraspol seeks international recognition, Moldova invites the Transnistrians autonomy of a single country.
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