Moldova deployed military police units to the security zone
Moldova has deployed, without warning, Carabinieri units into the so-called security zone. According to RIA Novosti, this was reported by the Co-chairman of the Joint Control Commission (JCC), Oleg Belyakov, at a meeting of the Transnistria Security Council.
“On the 1st of May 2016, the Republic of Moldova unilaterally deployed Carabinieri law enforcement units to the security zone. The number of these units is currently being investigated,” Belyakov said.
According to him, these actions complicate the situation in Moldova.
The JCC include representatives from Russia, Moldova and Transnistria. Representatives of Ukraine and of the OSCE Mission to Moldova also attended the meeting as observers.
In 1992, Transnistria became unrecognized and no longer under the control of Chisinau. Peace is upheld in the state’s conflict zone by joint peacekeeping forces. These include 402 Russian servicemen, 492 Transnistrian servicemen, 355 Moldovan servicemen and ten Ukrainian military observers.