The 5+2 format on the Transnistrian settlement de facto is not working but there are no better alternatives to it on this issue, Alexey Polishchuk, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s second CIS department, said on Thursday.
“The role of some participants of this format leaves much to be desired but so far we have nothing better at this time. As of now, the format de facto is not functioning, the last meeting took place over two years ago,” he said at a roundtable discussion on Russia’s peacekeeping operation in Transnistria at the Federation Council.
He noted that currently Russia does not see any prospects of renewing this work but “time will tell” about the future of this format.
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