Transnistria. Sandu denied that Ukraine offered to “solve the problem” | Ukrainian news

“We will not accept this by military means. Only by peaceful means. Peace is very important for us,” said Moldovan President Maia Sandu.

Artem Djeripa

Editor-in-chief of LIGA.net

1:30 p.m.

Ukrainian officials did not offer Moldova to “resolve the issue” with the so-called Republic of Transnistria after Russia began its full-scale invasion. Chisinau is seeking a peaceful solution to the problem, Moldovan President Maia Sandu said in an interview with Russian blogger Yury Dud.

The host asked whether Ukraine offered Moldova to “resolve the issue” with self-proclaimed Transnistria from the start of the full-scale war.

“There have never been any official statements (from Ukraine). What we read, what some have said in the media… but officially, with full responsibility I tell you, officially there never had such a proposal (…) Or “unofficially, that is, there was no such offer from those in charge,” Sandu said.

According to the Moldovan leader, Chisinau has always said and will say that it must resolve the “Transnistrian conflict” only by peaceful means.

The blogger asked how the president would react to the proposal to “expel” the Russian contingent from Transnistria.

“We will not accept this by military means. Only by peaceful means. Peace is very important to us,” Sandu said.

In February, the “lawmakers” of the so-called Republic of Transnistria called on Russia to “protect” it from Moldova: as if the latter had started an “economic war” against the PMR.

The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova called the so-called congress “a new campaign planned by the Kremlin.” The Political Bureau for the Reintegration of the Country rejected the propagandistic statements made during the illegal congress in Tiraspol.

In April, security forces in illegal Transnistria reported an alleged drone attack on its military unit. The Moldovan Prime Minister called this “yet another usual provocation”.