EU-verklaring inzake Moldavië: Transnistrië en gezamenlijke grensbewaking met Oekraïne (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Brits voorzitterschap Europese Unie 2e helft 2005, gepubliceerd op donderdag 6 oktober 2005.

(06/10/05)

Permanent Council No. 571

6 October 2005

The European Union thanks the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine for their interventions.

As the European Presidency declared in its statement on 29 September, the European Union welcomes the agreement reached in Odessa on 26-27 September by the representatives of the Republic of Moldova and Transnistria, as well as the mediators from Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE, on the participation as observers of the European Union and the United States in the resolution process in Transnistria. The European Union looks forward to taking part in the next series of negotiations in the ''five plus two'' format.

The European Union furthermore recalls its decision to assist the authorities in Moldova and Ukraine in their efforts to resolve the problems connected with the control of their common border. In response to the invitation from Presidents Voronin and Yushchenko, the European Union is shortly to launch a mission of assistance to Moldavian and Ukrainian border guards. The European Union will keep its OSCE partners informed of this mission's developments.

The Acceding Countries Bulgaria and Romania, the Candidate Countries Turkey and Croatia,1 the Countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, align themselves with this statement.

 

1 Croatia continues to be part of the Stabilisation and Association process.

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