Sandu Advisor Ruled out the Possibility of Special Status of Transnistria Discussing in Bratislava

Advisor to the Prime Minister Vladislav Kulminski talking to the upcoming round of negotiations in the 5+2 format in Bratislava, ruled out the possibility of discussing the special status of Transnistria. He noted in an interview with Europa Libera that following the results of the negotiations in Bratislava, “a protocol similar to previous meetings will probably be approved, but it will mainly reflect technical rather than global issues,” infotag.md reports. “No one will talk about status, political issues or anything like that. Largely, the problems that have been discussed at the negotiations for a long time will be covered,” said the adviser. He said that the main problem was that “within the ruling coalition, the Transnistrian settlement was not discussed” because of diametrically opposed views.” Kulminski admitted that the agenda of the presidential administration on this issue is different from the government’s one “and it’s normal that the approaches differ.” “If you ask me about the joint strategy, there is no such strategy.” It still needs to be discussed and agreed upon. Because the main task or goal of the coalition is internal reforms (prosecutor’s office reform, judiciary reform, etc.). And other, even extremely important issues are not touched yet. But I think that in the end, an approach will be found to these issues, this needs to be discussed, and I hope that certain common ground will be found,” said the adviser. Point