Moldova agrees to Ukraine’s peacekeepers in Dniester conflict

ICTV television, Kiev
28 May 05

Chisinau will officially accept Ukraine’s help in settling the Dniester
conflict. Moldovan parliament speaker Marian Lupu said at a summit of
GUAM [Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova] parliament speakers
in Yalta that Moldova officially supports the Ukrainian president’s
peacekeeping initiatives [announced at the recent GUAM summit].

Ukrainian parliament speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn promised that the
Ukrainian Supreme Council [parliament] will support [President Viktor]
Yushchenko’s proposals on reconciliation between the Dniester region
and the Moldovan authorities. GUAM members have ambitious plans. They
want this organization to become a guarantor of security in the region
between the Balkans and the Black Sea. Lytvyn did not rule out that
Turkey, Kazakhstan, Armenia and even Russia could join GUAM.