Moldovan Foreign Ministry Condemned the Speech of the Representative of Transnistria to the UN

The Moldovan Foreign Ministry condemned the fact that the UN provided a platform for the head of the Transnistrian mission in Russia Leonid Manakov to speak at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council. According to REGNUM, Chisinau stated that the speech had “an attempt to distort the actions taken by Moldova with regard to the observance and protection of human rights throughout the country, including in the Transnistrian region.” Moldova demanded to remove the text of Manakov's speech from the official page of the organization, because “it does not correspond to the content of the speech and violates the provisions of international law.” The Moldovan Foreign Ministry States that “such provocative speeches delivered from the rostrum of the international organization are a counterproductive measure and can undermine the efforts made within the framework of the negotiation process in the 5 + 2 format to identify a viable, peaceful and sustainable solution to the Transnistrian conflict, based on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova within its recognized borders, with the granting of a special status to the Transnistrian region.” Chisinau also intends to seek the termination of the Moscow representative office of the “foundation for the development of social and cultural relations “Transnistria,” in the format of which the Transnistria representative office in Russia operates. Chisinau “considers it absolutely unacceptable for representatives of the Tiraspol anti-constitutional regime to use non-governmental organizations from the Russian Federation for their political purposes and will cooperate with the relevant UN structures to prevent such situations.” The head of the representative office of Pridnestrovie in Russia Leonid Manakov made a speech at the 41st session of the Council for Human Rights UN in Geneva, noting that Moldova violates the rights of the inhabitants of Transnistria to freedom of movement, personal safety and security, labour and entrepreneurial initiative, education and occupational choice, foreign trade and communication with the outside world.