​TRANSNISTRIA IS SOURCE OF THREAT TO MOLDOVAN ECONOMY AND SECURITY – ACUM MP

MP Lilian Carp of the parliamentary pro-European political bloc ACUM believes that the Transnistrian region has lately become the source of a constant threat to Moldova’s economy and security.

Carp said on the local television last night that those who violate the law use the Transnistrian region to evade responsibility and to flee from Moldova: “We know the names of a multitude of former Moldovan officials who broke the law and fled through the Transnistrian region first to Ukraine and then to Romania or Russia or elsewhere”.

In his belief, such a practice must be stopped, bearing in mind that Moldova and Ukraine constantly strengthen their joint control of the common border, in particular the just modernized border-crossing station of Palanca-Mayaki-Udobnoe.

Victoria Bucataru, the Prime Ministerial Security Adviser, said in the TV program that struggle against corruption and against illicit schemes shall be unfolded in all corners of the republic.

“We are determined to combat corruption and smuggling, including indeed the smuggling that is run through the Transnistrian region, which is a very serious problem. And in this, we will need the support of our Ukrainian partners because this is our common cause, and success in it depends of joint efforts”, stated the official.