Under the pretext of the pandemic, the authorities on the left bank of the Dniester are preventing free movement and access to emergency medical care, as well as distorting information on the real situation regarding the Moldovan citizens in the Transnistrian region. This was reported by the Reintegration Policy office

"The unilateral actions of the Transnistrian side violate human rights, especially the right to life and health, the right of medically insured persons to consult a doctor, the right to choose a public or private medical institution, free movement and access to reimbursed medicines and vital necessities. In the current conditions, the sustainability of the results achieved within the Berlin Plus Package, including ensuring the free movement of the population on both banks of the Dniester and teachers in Romanian language schools in the region, amplifies new realities ", according to a statement of the Reintegration Policy office.

Based on the situation created on April 10, the political representative in the process of settling the Transnistrian conflict from Chisinau, Cristina Lesnic, requested the emergency convening of the meeting in 5 + 2 format to discuss measures and identify quick solutions for intervention in the situation of Covid-19 in the Transnistrian region.

However, the Special Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE for the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict rejected this request.

"We regret that the motivated and reasoned request of Chisinau on issues of major and vital importance, such as the life and health of citizens, as well as the population's access to health care in the context of illegal restriction to free movement, have not been treated with particular attention in the context of the exceptional situation created by the Covid-19 pandemic crisis ”, shows the communiqué of the Reintegration Policy office.

In the context of the available information, Chisinau reiterates and insists on the need to convene an emergency meeting of the 5 + 2 format as a matter of urgency and calls on the mediators and observers to reconsider their position in this regard.

At the same time, Chisinau requests the WHO to conduct a strictly technical visit to the Transnistrian region, which is a component part of the Republic of Moldova, in order to be informed on the spot about the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.