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The 1997 Moscow memorandum, also known as the Primakov memorandum (after the then-Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov of Russia), was an agreement governing relations between Moldova and Transnistria aimed at solving the Transnistria conflict.

Translated from the original Russian text, the full formal title of the document is Memorandum on the principles of normalizations of the relations between the Republic of Moldova and Transnistria.

The memorandum's historical importance followed the need for both Tiraspol and Chişinău to normalize relations in the wake of the 1992 War of Transnistria.

It was signed in Moscow on 8 May 1997, by Moldovan President Petru Lucinschi and Transnistrian President Igor Smirnov, with the mediation of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Niels Helveg Petersen on behalf of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Mission in Moldova.

In compliance with the final clause of the memorandum, the relations between the Republic of Moldova and Transnistria shall be developed within the framework of a common state, within the borders of Moldovan SSR. The Russian Federation and Ukraine stated their readiness to become guarantors of the Transnistrian status observance, as well as of the memorandum's provisions. Chişinău and Tiraspol have decided to sustain the establishment of legal and state relations: the mutual decision coordination, inclusively regarding prerogatives delimitation and delegation, the safeguard of mutual security, the Transnistrian participation in the process of accomplishment of the foreign policy of the Republic of Moldova. The memorandum also gave Transnistria the right to independently conduct foreign economic activity, although later the memorandum provisions had widely diverging legal and political interpretations in Chişinău and Tiraspol.

The parties reaffirmed the 1992 ceasefire and requested that Russia, Ukraine and OSCE continue their mediation efforts. Both parties agreed that the Dniestr Region would have the right to unilaterally establish and maintain international contacts in the economic, scientific-technical and cultural spheres.

See also

• Political status of Transnistria
• History of Transnistria

References

1. Uppsala Conflict Data Program Conflict Encyclopedia, Moldova, Peace Agreement, Memorandum on the Basis for Normalization of Relations between the Republic of Moldova and Transdniestria, http://www.ucdp.uu.se/gpdatabase/gpcountry.php?id=108&regionSelect=9-Eastern_Europe Archived 2016-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
2. Uppsala Conflict Data Program Conflict Encyclopedia, Moldova, Peace Agreement, Memorandum on the Basis for Normalization of Relations between the Republic of Moldova and Transdniestria, http://www.ucdp.uu.se/gpdatabase/gpcountry.php?id=108&regionSelect=9-Eastern_Europe Archived 2016-04-04 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Text of 1997 Moscow memorandum Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine

v t e Transnistria conflict
Background	First Partition of Poland and Treaty of Iași Union of Bessarabia with Romania Moldavian ASSR Moldovenism World War II Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina Moldavian SSR Transnistria Governorate The Holocaust in Romania Dissolution of the Soviet Union Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova Moldovan language Unification of Moldova and Romania
Transnistria War	Timeline Battle of Bender Ceasefire agreement
Aftermath	Human rights in Transnistria Romanian-language schools in Transnistria Russian military presence in Transnistria Joint Control Commission 2006 Transnistrian independence referendum 2006 Transnistrian customs crisis 2012 Moldova security zone incident 2022 Transnistria attacks
Resolution attempts	1997 Moscow memorandum 1999 Istanbul summit 2003 Kozak memorandum 2005 Yushchenko Plan Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester 5+2 format (2005–present; see also Berlin Plus package, 2016–present) Potential solutions Reintegration into Moldova Bureau for Reintegration of the Republic of Moldova Annexation by Russia
Participants and figures	Pro-Moldova Moldova Mircea Snegur Petru Lucinschi Vladimir Voronin Nicolae Timofti Igor Dodon Maia Sandu European Union Romania United States Ukraine Pro-Transnistria Transnistria Igor Smirnov Yevgeny Shevchuk Vadim Krasnoselsky Russia 14th Guards Army Operational Group of Russian Forces Neutral Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
See also	Gagauzia conflict Gagauz Republic Cobasna ammunition depot Moldova–Ukraine border

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