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U.S. Gives Moldova $10 Million to Reinforce Border with Ukraine
[An Nahar] The United States is giving ex-Soviet Moldova $10 million to strengthen security on its border with Ukraine, Washington's top diplomat in Europe Victoria Nuland said Sunday.Part of Moldova's eastern border with Ukraine is occupied by the breakaway Russian-speaking region of Transdniestr. Moscow's de facto annexation of Crimea has raised fears Russia could make similar moves in other ex-Soviet states with separatist regions. The situation in Transdniestr has raised "concern", Nuland, a U.S. assistant secretary of state, told journalists in Chisinau, in comments translated into Russian. Officials in Transdniestr this month appealed to politicians in Moscow to pass legislation that could see the region absorbed into Russia. Moscow has complained that Transdniestr is being blockaded by Moldova and Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview broadcast Saturday that "Chisinau and the new Ukrainian authorities have practically organised a blockade" of Transdniestr. "What's more, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and, as I understand it, the United States, encourage such a line," Lavrov said. Posted by: Fred 2014-03-31 |
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