Weekly meeting of Joint Control Commission held in Bender

Chisinau, May 27 / MOLDPRES /- A meeting of members of the Joint Control Commission was held in Bender on 26 May, the Reintegration Office has reported.

The Commission managed to overcome, in part, the dissensions related to the position regarding the incident of April 14, when the Delegation of the Republic of Moldova was abusively detained by the so-called "border guards" at the illegal post installed at the entrance to Bender.

Thus, the parties took a decision in a compromise formula, which expressed the Commission's concern about the incident which showed that Tiraspol's power structures undermine the right to free movement in the Security Zone.

During the hearing of the reports of the Joint Military Command on the situation in the Security Zone, which reflects the presence of installed posts without the approval of the Commission, the Delegation of the Republic of Moldova requested the removal of obstacles and weapons that impede the free movement of citizens.

In a call to all members of the Commission, the Delegation of the Republic of Moldova drew attention to the series of provocative actions documented by military observers that were launched on April 26 by Tiraspol's force structures in the area of ​​responsibility of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces. .

It is about consolidating illegal posts by installing concrete installations with blocking access roads, but also about introducing armed patrols in localities in the region, placing sandbags and concrete blocks around certain premises, digging trenches, etc. At these "consolidated posts" the representatives of the force structures carry out without any reason the control of the acts, things and cars of the citizens. It is worrying that in the city of Bender - district with increased security regime, special forces have been abusively introduced "собр", also equipped with firearms. As a result, the population was alarmed, for a week there was an increased flow of people moving to the right bank.

The Delegation of the Republic of Moldova stated that the listed actions of the Tiraspol subordinate forces were in direct violation of the Moldovan-Russian Agreement of 21 July 1992, as well as the documents of the Joint Control Commission and the Joint Military Command, which describe the control and security mechanisms. Security.

In this context, the Delegation of Chisinau proposed to examine within the Commission the detected violations and to take effective measures to eliminate the illegalities and not to admit them in the future.

In other words, the topic of the road infrastructure modernization project of the “Bender-Varnița-Cartierul Nordic” road section was approached, the implementation of which is expected in the Security Zone within the “Strengthening confidence measures” Program (CBM5 ), funded by the EU and administered by UNDP. The Delegation of the Republic of Moldova stated that it supports the implementation of the project, emphasizing the need to ensure free movement and the removal of illegal posts on this route.