The issue of settling the Moldavian-Dniestria conflict causes live interest of the world community. Guarantee countries are the ones that are especially interested in soonest resolution of the Dniestrian problem, moreover that due to their efforts, the negotiation process frozen the last year managed to be pushed from the dead point.

Considerable role also belongs to the Ukraine due to which Moldova was been forced to come back to the negotiation table and restart the negotiation process within the quanta-lateral format. The Ukraine is one of the guarantee countries of the negotiation process between Kishinev and Tiraspol. The explicit and consistent position of the authority and MFA of the Ukraine testifies about its sincere interest as of the mediator so that to reach optimal agreements between Kishinev and Tiraspol as soon as possible, and eventually it means, to resolve the Dniestrian problem. The deputy secretary of state of the Ukranian MFA Igor Harchenko answers the question of the correspondent of the agency “Interfax-Ukraina”, thus testifying about that.

QUESTION:

“Lately the President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin made several important declarations on the Dniestrian resolution. There is a declaration of the US representatives. What can you say about this process?”

IGOR HARCHENKO:

“We greet all international efforts that will contribute to resolution of the Dniestrian problem. It’s clear that this topic causes great interest, for almost a year negotiations have been frozen. As one of the guarantee countries of the Dniestrian settlement, the Ukraine was basing on the fact that the only way of resolving this problem is holding regular negotiations between the parties. And the quanta-lateral format is the most optimal variant; unanimous appreciation of experts testify about that”.

During the last year, we have consistently voted restarting of the dialogue between Kishinev and Tiraspol. After great efforts, negotiations restarted in Kiev on July 2^nd-3^rd. Mediators offered a draft document to the parties; according to their opinions, this draft might become basis for further resolution and might answer the key question – regarding the status of Dniestria.

According to recent information, the parties expressed willingness to work on these documents. This already gives reason for optimism. The meeting of the parties and guarantee countries, which will take place in Kishinev in August, will give a new impulse to that work.

Advancement is thus expected in the process of resolution of the Dniestrian conflict. The Ukraine as a guarantee country will furthermore apply all efforts, so that the process would not lose positive dynamism, so that the parties would reach the agreement as soon as possible.