MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Monday rebuffed an idea backed by Moldova’s incoming president to replace Russian troops stationed in the breakaway region of Transdniestria, saying such a move would be seriously destabilising.
Russia’s TASS news agency reported earlier that Moldovan president-elect Maia Sandu, who favours closer ties with the European Union, said she supported the idea of replacing Russian peacekeepers in Trandniestria with OSCE civilian monitors.
(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Toby Chopra)
