TIRASPOL, Transdniestria. March 16 (Interfax) - Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region is planning to ask the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to get "involved in negotiations" on the planned opening of a Russian consulate general in Tiraspol, the foreign minister of what styles itself the Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic said on Thursday.
"In our view, today is the moment when we have to ask international organizations for assistance. Today we have drawn the attention of the OSCE high commissioner to this problem and have asked him to help get the OSCE involved in negotiations on this matter," Nina Stanski told reporters after a meeting with the OSCE high commissioner on national minorities, Knut Vollebaek.
Stanski said more than 150,000 people need consular services in Transdniestria.