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Băsescu: The Republic of Moldova could not join the EU without a resolution of the Transistrean conflict

Băsescu: The Republic of Moldova could not join the EU without a resolution of the Transistrean conflict
17 Apr 2014   •   12:44
The Republic of Moldova will not  be able to join the EU until it settles the Transnistrian conflict, President Traian Basescu said on Thursday, in an interview for Unimedia, Agerpres informs.

Băsescu suggested that the best solution for the security of Moldova would be to join NATO.

Asked whether the Republic of Moldova could join the EU with a frozen conflict on its territory, TRaian Basescu showed that the European Union already has a precedent with Cyprus and it would not allow the take over  of another country with  interior conflicts.

" I give you an honest and firm reply  — not a chance. One can negotiate, anything is possible but you cannot join the EU  with a frozen conflict on your territory", Băsescu said.

In this context, he reiterated the need for Russia to fulfill  the commitments made in 1999 to withdraw its  weapons and troops  from the Republic of Moldova.


He also called for a change of  the '5 +2' format negotiations  so as to be 'much more flexible'. According to the Romanian president, it would have to be made ​​up from the EU, USA, Russia and Moldova, without Ukraine, OSCE and Tiraspol.

Traian Basescu suggested that Moldova should consider the opportunity to terminate its neutrality.

"Moldova declared its neutrality, but to be neutral you have to be recognized as such by the  others and to  guarantee your  territorial integrity. But Moldova declared  itself neutral, but has a conflict on its territory," Basescu said claiming that " Moldovan politicians should have a more firm standpoint " in this regard.

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