O rezoluție istorică pentru Moldova adoptată azi la APCE de la Strasbourg
O rezolutie istorica pentru Moldova adoptata azi la APCE (Adunarea Parlamentara a Consiliului Europei) de la Strasbourg referitor la scoaterea armatei si echipamentului si munitiilor rusesti din Moldova.
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02/10/2012 Members participating in the vote on: The honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation (Doc. 13018) Resolution
Pentru/In favour - 161
Contra/Against - 41
Abtineri/Abstention - 7
http://assembly.coe.int/ASP/Votes/BDVotesParticipants_EN.asp?VoteID=34311&DocID=14339
Impotriva a votat si un reprezentant al coloanei a 5-a a Kremlinului in Republica Moldova pe nume Grigore PETRENCO.
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Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée parlementaire Resolution, 02.10.2012
The honouring of obligations and commitments by the Russian Federation
(Doc. 13018) Resolution
23. The Assembly is convinced that the coming months will be crucial for the democratic future of Russia, and that the Russian authorities must confirm their commitment to the democratic progress of the country. Therefore, the Assembly calls on the Russian authorities to:
With regard to the functioning of pluralist democracy:
23.33. complete the withdrawal of the remaining Russian military forces and their equipment from the
territory of the Republic of Moldova without further delay;
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4. External relations
4.1. Relations in the context of Europe
128. The European Union and Russia co-operate on a number of key international and regional issues
including the Iranian nuclear issue, the Middle East peace process, Afghanistan/Pakistan, European security and the protracted conflicts in Georgia and the Republic of Moldova, climate change, drug and human trafficking, organised crime, counter-terrorism, and non-proliferation.
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4.5. Withdrawal of Russian troops from the Republic of Moldova
153. Upon accession to the Council of Europe, Russia committed itself to “ratify, within six months from the time of accession, the agreement of 21 October 1994 between the Russian and Moldovan Governments, and to continue the withdrawal of the 14th Army and its equipment from the territory of Moldova within a time-limit of three years from the date of signature of the agreement”.
154. Withdrawal of Russian forces from Transnistria has also been an international obligation by Russia under the agreement on the adaptation of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty signed by President Boris Yeltsin during the OSCE Summit in Istanbul in November 1999. According to this document, Russia undertook an obligation to withdraw its forces from Transnistria by the end of 2002. However, as we have indicated above, Russia suspended its observance of the Treaty in 2007.
155. On 21 June 1995, the agreement of 1994 between Russia and the Republic of Moldova was submitted by President Yeltsin to the State Duma for ratification. It was withdrawn by President Putin on 11 March 2003.
156. Until now, Russia has failed to ratify the agreement of 21 October 1994, and Russian forces remain in the Transnistria region of the Republic of Moldova against the wishes of the Moldovan government and in violation of Russia’s international commitments. Today, Russia has 1 500 troops on Transnistrian territory. Most patrol jointly with Moldovan and Transnistrian soldiers and Ukrainian military observers. The rest stand guard around Soviet-era ammunition depots.
157. Russia also provides economic subsidies to bolster the pro-Russian separatist regime in Transnistria despite repeated calls from the European Union and the United States to refrain from doing so.
158. In 2008, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution urging Russia to “respect its
commitments which were taken at the Istanbul OSCE Summit in 1999 and withdraw its illegal military presence from the Transdnestrian region of Moldova in the nearest future”.
159. Russian leaders have sought to condition the withdrawal of their troops on the resolution of Transnistria’s status. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Grigori Karasin, stated on 20 January 2010 that Russia would continue its peace-keeping mission in Transnistria as long as it takes to reach a lasting solution to the separation crisis in the eastern Moldovan region.
160. On a positive note, official normalisation talks, involving negotiators from Russia, Transnistria, the
Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, the OSCE, and observers from the United States and the European Union (the so-called 5+2 talks), resumed on 30 November 2011 in Vilnius, after a five-year suspension, then in Dublin on 28-29 February 2012 and in Vienna on 17-18 April 2012. During the latter, the parties agreed on a number of procedural questions. They also agreed on the fact that the accords reached by the parties must define mechanisms for ensuring their implementation. This fits the framework of the policy of small steps initiated recently.
161. In reference to this commitment, the Russian delegation has again argued that, being a matter relating to national defence, it does not fall within the scope of the Council of Europe.
162. In their comments to the preliminary draft report, the authorities also referred to the Statement by the Ministerial Council of the OSCE, made during the meeting in Porto in December 2002, which they called “a consensus” and which, according to them, confirmed the Russian Federation’s obligation to complete the withdrawal of its forces “subject to necessary conditions”.
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