MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. The current Moldovan authorities refuse to hold talks with Russia and also obstruct the Transnistrian settlement, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
His statement comes at a press briefing in response to a TASS correspondent’s question about the latest developments in the region and perspectives for the Transnistrian issue settlement.
"Regarding the [conflict] settlement, this is an extremely difficult issue," Peskov stated. "Having the current Moldovan leadership as our vis-a-vis makes it certainly very difficult and almost impossible to talk about this now."
"This refers to the Moldovan leadership, which effectively excludes dialogue with the Russian Federation," he added.
On September 28, Moldova held parliamentary elections. The turnout reached 52% of registered voters. According to preliminary results from the Central Election Commission, after 99.9% of the votes were counted, the ruling Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) retained control of parliament, receiving 50.16%. The opposition has already announced its disagreement with the vote results and intends to appeal them due to numerous violations of voter rights.
