The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: United States took over the post of envoy of the OSCE on Transnistria
The U.S. took over the post of envoy to the Organization for security and cooperation in the European Union (OSCE) on the Transnistrian settlement, this position continuously assigned to American employees of the foreign Ministry, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation S. Lavrov..
Transnistria, 60 percent of its inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians sought to secede from Moldova even before the collapse of the USSR, fearing that Moldova will join Romania. In 1992, after the failed attempts of the authorities of Moldova force to solve the problem and armed conflict Chisinau lost oversight of the left-Bank districts, and Transnistria has become, in fact beyond the control of Chisinau. Tiraspol is seeking international recognition, Moldova offers Transnistrians autonomy from a single country.
The world in the field of support of the peacekeeping force. In the negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement in the format " 5 2 " participate Moldova and the breakaway Republic of Transnistria, as parties to the conflict