ECONOMIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD IN TRANSNISTRIA PARLIAMENT AHEAD OF VILNIUS SUMMIT

The supreme soviet [parliament] of the breakaway Transnistrian republic will organize open parliamentary hearings on the topic ‘Assessment of current economic situation in Transnistria: threats and prospects of its development’, on November 27, on the eve of the Eastern Partnership Summit due in Vilnius.    

According to the organizers of these hearings, representatives of the Transnistrian and Russian authorities, of the region’s enterprises, scientific community, civil organizations, as well as prominent Transnistrian economists and media outlets have been invited to take part in the event.  

“The main purpose of organizing the parliamentary hearings is to assess the current situation in the Transnistrian economy and to work out a set of measures meant to improve the economic conditions, with regard to the foreign economic challenges that stem from Moldova’s intentions to initial the Association Agreement with the European Union,” says the statement.

Previously, the public chamber of Transnistria decided to submit an appeal to the peoples of Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Gagauzia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which encompasses the opinion of the Transnistrian people on the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius.    

The main goal of this document is to enlist the popular support and understanding, in order to protect the interests of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic and of its citizens.       

“The main effect that is expected from this appeal is the international recognition of Transnistria. The Transnistrian Moldovan Republic is a state existing de-facto and that must be also acknowledged de-jure. At present, there are enough prerequisites for this international recognition. Now, we have to address to all the possible entities, including to the international legal entities, in order to successfully complete this procedure. We hope that finally, we will obtain this recognition,” said the chairperson of the public chamber of Transnistria, Sergey Smircinskyi.   

Infotag’s dossier: The authorities of the unrecognized Transnistrian republic are frowning at Moldova’s European integration aspirations and are standing for the accession of the region to the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia. Moreover, they apprehend that after the creation of deep and comprehensive free trade area between Moldova and Ukraine, and the European Union, Transnistria will have to comply with the new norms, which will negatively tell on its economy, strongly oriented towards the Russian Federation.