Poroshenko: Ukraine will not miss the Russian military in Transnistria
Ukraine is not obliged to let the Russian military in Transnistria through its territory and not going to do it, said the head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. "we have an obligation to conduct there the Russian military, and we are not going to do," he said. Poroshenko said that Ukraine wants to strictly adhere to international obligations in this matter.
"I see no reason to escalate there (in Transnistria) ", - said Poroshenko, quoted by the news Agency. In may, the Verkhovna Rada has banned the transit of Russian military in Transnistria. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that the supply of Russian peacekeepers stationed in Transnistria, will now be aborted. On April 17, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie Nina Shtanski said that Ukraine is increasingly moving away from the status of "guarantor" in the Transnistrian conflict, spinning on the neck of the Transnistrian economy besieged the noose. In September last year the Minister of foreign Affairs of Moldova Natalia Gherman from the rostrum of the UN General Assembly said that the Russian Federation must withdraw its peacekeepers from Transnistria, and they will be replaced by an International civilian mission. However, Moscow considers attempts by Moldova and Ukraine of the extrusion from Transnistria Russian peacekeepers unfriendly shares, undermining the foundations of the peacekeeping operation.