The Romanian authorities, through the Embassy in Chisinau, are maintaining a permanent contact with the Government of the Republic of Moldova, after the Trans-Dniestrian separatist authorities announced having placed air defence units due to the violation of the airspace by a Romanian plane, the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) informs. "The MAE confirms that the Romanian Embassy to Moldova received on April 20, 2016 a letter from the negotiator of the Trans-Dniestrian region in the 5+2 format on "the flyover of a Romanian plane in the Security Zone of Moldova."
The mentioned aircraft belongs to a private company from Romania, which won an international tender to conduct mapping and do the digital model of Moldova's relief," the MAE says on Friday in connection with the flyover on the territory of Moldova by Romanian aircraft.
According to the MAE, the Chisinau Reintegration Office has delivered ahead of time all relevant information related to these mapping activities to the Joint Control Commission, a body that has attributions in observing and managing the situation in the Security Zone in Moldova.
The mapping activities of Moldova's territory are conducted under a technical support project run by the Land Relations and Cadastre Agency of the Republic of Moldova.
The Joint Control Commission was established under the Agreement on principles of peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in the Trans-Dniestrian region of Moldova, signed by Moldova and the Russian Federation on July 21,1992.
The press service of the self-styled Trans-Dniestrian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that combat-ready air defence units were placed at the order of Trans-Dniestrian separatist leader Evgheni Shevciuk, according to the news agency press in Tiraspol Novostipmr and Interfax.ru agency.
Tiraspol claimed having taken this decision following some alleged unauthorized flights from April 4 to 27 in the air space of Trans-Dniestr, which have allegedly been performed by Diamond DA-42 Twin Star plane registered in Romania.
The Trans-Dniestrian side initiated the convening of a emergency meeting of the Joint Control Commission, in which there was an exchange of views between the sides, announced the president of this structure from Tiraspol.
Novostipmr agency reported on April 20 about an alleged plane belonging to Romania which had allegedly entered the air space of the breakaway region of Trans-Dniestr for air mapping. According to the cited source, the 'Foreign Ministry' in Tiraspol sent a letter to the Romanian Ambassador in Chisinau, Marius Lazurca (who is at end of his term), in connection with alleged violations of the air space of Trans-Dniestr by a plane belonging to Romania. Subsequently, Russian portal Regnum indicated that Tiraspol had briefed Moscow in connection with this matter.
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