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2004-12-14 12:32:50 |
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Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin has described as humiliating Russia's presence in Moldova.
"What could be the reason for preserving Russia's presence in Moldova, especially taking into account its symbolic scale? Are we capable of being friends with Moscow only under the threat of a thousand of Russian gunmen? Or maybe these soldiers are resolving Russia's global strategic tasks in the Balkans?" Voronin said at a Saturday congress of the Moldovan Party of Communists that he leads.
"This military presence is insulting our people and our neutral state, which sincerely believes in friendship and strategic partnership with Russia without military mediation and without humiliating ultimatums," he said.
"This is why we did not sign a memorandum [a Russian plan for settling the conflict over Transdniestria], which would have extended Russia's military presence for another 20 years. We believe Moldova cannot and must not aid and abet in concealing the real amount of armaments that are being kept in Transdniestria," Voronin said.
He described the Russian troops in Transdniesrtia as "the last shield for the separatists."
The self-proclaimed Transdniestrian republic is seeking independence from Moldova, part of which it was before the collapse of the USSR.
Source: Interfax
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The Event: SEEF 2004
