Infotag news agency, Chisinau, Moldova
Aug 29 2008

Moldovan party condemns Russian recognition of South Ossetia, Abkhazia

Chisinau, 29 August: The unilateral recognition of independence of
Georgia’s rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Russia may
generate new tension in conflict zones such as [Moldova’s breakaway]
Dniester region, [Azerbaijan’s] Nagorny Karabakh, [Russia’s] Chechnya
and [Ukraine’s] Crimea, the Democratic Party believes.

In a statement for the media, the parliamentary Democratic Party said
that Moscow’s actions jeopardize the entire system of international
relations that has existed in Europe since the signing of the 1975
Final Helsinki Act. The Democratic Party believes that Kremlin’s
decision to recognize the independence of the two breakaway republics
endangers not only bilateral relations in the Black Sea region but
also Russia’s relations with Western and even CIS partners. The
Democratic Party calls on the Moldovan government to adopt a clear
position on the conflict in the Caucasus region. The party invites
local political parties to a round table to discuss the situation in
the Caucasus and its possible impact on the settlement of the Dniester
conflict.