Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Stratan of Moldova

02/10/2007 11:43 UNITED NATIONS, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - Moldovan Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan said Russian peacekeepers in the countrys breakaway region of Transdnestr should be replaced with a multinational civil mission with an international mandate.

Foreign minister Stratan said that there was a possibility that talks on opening consulates in Balti and Cahul may be held again.

Andrei Stratan is the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova.

Stratan said Moldova pursues an independent course in European integration.

Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan said Moldova would voice its concerns at a summit the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (www.

Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan said Moldova would voice its concerns at a summit the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, being held later this year in Madrid.

Moldova fears, however, that it will lose leverage in the argument if Russia withdraws from the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty.

The Moldovan Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan had a meeting with his Romanian counterpart Adrian Cioroianu on the sidelines of the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the EU Member States and of the Black Sea Region States in Kiev on February 14.

200611:14 (GMT)Moldovan Vice PM and Foreign and European Integration Minister Andrei Stratan has presented the draft of Moldova-NATO individual partnership plan to the NATO Political Committee in Brussels on Tuesday, INFOTAG news agency reports.

The aid will be earmarked for the development of small and midsize enterprises, and the improvement of agricultural productivity of underprivileged farmers in Moldova, Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and visiting Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Stratan said in a joint press statement after talks in Tokyo.

Stratan is on a three-day visit to Japan from Tuesday.

LJUBLJANA) - Moldova is confident it will resolve the frozen conflict in its breakaway Transdniestr region by the end of the year, Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan said here Friday.

In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL, Moldovan Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan discusses the political and economic relevance of GUUAM ahead of the organization's summit tomorrow.

Stratan said that Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin would pay a visit to Poland by late 2008 in order to strengthen Moldovan-Polish relations.

Stratan said that in early July, Moldovan officials and experts of the European Commission held informal consultations on the text of the future agreement.

CHISINAU (Tiraspol Times / Moldpres) - Moldovan Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan says that the United States of America is Moldova's most important foreign partner in a wide range of spheres ranging from political to military.

KIEV - Outside the existing "5+2" settlement format, there are no additional plans or other documents related to the settlement of Moldova's territorial claim to Pridnestrove.

Stratan expressed the Moldovan government s willingness to further cooperate with the Swedish side, especially to strengthen the Moldova-Sweden political dialogue.

Speaking at the annual high-level debate, Andrei Stratan said the “conflict remains a continuous obstacle in promoting reforms and ensuring social and economic development of our country.

Stratan said the negotiation process has remained stalled since April last year “because of the rigid and non-constructive position of the separatist leaders supported from outside of Moldova,” adding that “this is serving as a screen for promoting some political and mafia interests foreign to the people of this region.