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Mr President, Transnistria has been an issue in the debate here today, and is an issue on the ground. We talked about it at length yesterday. As Austrian Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-office in 2000 I tried
hard to find a solution to the Transnistrian problem. At the time there was a
. Prime Minister Primakov had been nominated by Russia and there was a chance to get somewhere. However, immediately afterwards, this question unfortunately erupted again and no solution has been found.
Therefore, I am very happy about the Secretary-General's new special representative, because it is very important to go further. This was said yesterday. We must do everything we can via our action plan, but we must also find a solution to this very difficult problem.
I will be going to Moldova shortly after the election, as soon as a new government has been formed. I said this yesterday at our meeting and I can also officially announce today that the Commission will open a new delegation there. If we want a new neighbourhood policy, then the time is now. It is important and I hope that I can combine my visit with the opening of such a delegation.
Moldova is the poorest country in Europe today. But let us not to go too far. Let us act. Rhetoric and vision are necessary, but it is even more necessary to look at the complexity of the situation. I know the country because I went there many times in my former capacities.
Many things need to be done. The action plan is appropriate to that. Please look at the action plan. I have heard that some people want to go beyond the action plan, but this is not the time for that. It is now the time for the neighbourhood policy to bring these countries closer to the European Union. However, it is a question of give and take. These countries also have to accept the helping hand we are stretching out to them."@en1
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