Open Letter to Madam Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State

Madam Secretary,

Regarding your recent interview with Voice of America and the issue with Moldova, can you please explain in more detail what did you mean by "(...) Certainly the border disputes with Romania (...) are matters of concern".

According to the official foreign policy of Romania and in light of president Băsescu's numerous statements on the issue, Romania is not going to dispute the border line with Moldova as this was inherited from the former Soviet Union. This is already settled and needs not be re-settled, in light of the Romanian foreign policy.

Furthermore, Romania is ready to sign a treaty on the border regime, as per president Băsescu's recent statement while on state visit in Moldova. I wish not to go into historical details on the matter. President Basescu's refuse to sign a border treaty is that "he would not countersign the Ribbentrop-Molotov secret agreement" that led to Bassarabia (currently Rep. of Moldova) being occupied by the Soviet Union. However Romania does not wish to dispute the border as it was inherited by Moldova from the Soviet Union and Romania is willing to sign a border-regime treaty, to bring the current border between the two countries to European standards.

Can you please provide more details on how the United States sees this "border dispute" issue? What are the concerns United States has with regards to this issue? Please be as exhaustive as you deem necessary when detailing on the matter.

Should there be any dispute, then how come Romania was allowed to join NATO given this border issue? In 1997 Romania had to sign a border agreement with Ukraine in the same regard, to allow further membership talks so as to join NATO. If there are any concerns, why was not Romania asked to settle the border dispute with Moldova at that time?

And a second question also related to Moldova: is the United States willing to assume a higher role in the resolution of the Transdnistrian "frozen conflict"? Currently, it looks like only Russia, Ukraine and the Moldovan/Transdnistrian authorities are actively chasing this issue, and may I say this is not in the best interest of the International Law. As a model of democracy, is the United States willing to do more to settle this conflict?

Many thanks for your reply.

Please accept Madam the expression of my highest consideration.

Regards,
Marian Damian"

În România Liberă găsiţi un articol interesant care analizează situaţia actuală şi explică poziţia României în această chestiune. "O sensibilitate a Tratatului privind frontierele de stat a fost că partea moldoveană a solicitat, în 2007, introducerea în acest acord a unei referiri la Tratatul de la Paris din 1947, document care spune, cu referire la frontiera dintre România şi Uniunea Sovietică că graniţa dintre România şi URSS este graniţa care a fost convenită între România şi URSS în 1940."

"Pentru toata lumea este clar că din 1940 şi până în 1947 România nu a încheiat niciun fel de acord cu URSS în legătură cu o asemenea graniţă. Deci, e un fals istoric şi, dacă atunci a fost acceptat, este pentru că România era un stat învins şi ocupat, şi fără posibilitatea de a-şi apăra interesele sale suverane", a argumentat, în 2007, fostul ambasador al României la Chişinău, Filip Teodorescu. "Este evident că în anul 2007 acceptarea aceluiaşi fals istoric care s-a făcut în 1947 ar fi cu totul de neconceput" continuă fostul ambasador.

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