Informal talks on Moldovan breakaway region to be held in Kiev
05:13 16/11/2010 TIRASPOL, November 16 (RIA Novosti) - Informal consultations on the issue of Transdnestr in the "five-plus-two" format will be held Tuesday in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, the foreign minister of the Moldovan breakaway region said.
"The meeting will be held on Ukraine's initiative under the OSCE auspices," Vladimir Yastrebchak said.
The Russian-speaking province of Transdnestr has maintained de facto independence from Moldova since a brief war in 1992, which erupted from a buildup of tensions following the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Formal talks on the future of Transdnestr in the "five-plus-two" format, involving Russia, Ukraine, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Moldova, Transdnestr, with the United States and the EU as observers, have been frozen since February 2006.
Tiraspol insists on independence, and even integration with Russia, while Chisinau says it is willing only to give Transdnestr autonomy within Moldova.
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