FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the city on the Defender of the Fatherland Day in Tiraspol, Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniestria, February 23, 2023. REUTERS/Vladislav Bachev/File Photo
CHISINAU (Reuters) - A week after the European Union launched membership talks with Moldova, the country's separatist region complained on Tuesday that central authorities had ignored its proposals to settle their long-running dispute and imposed a "banking blockade".
The leader of the pro-Russian separatist Transdniestria region, Igor Krasnoselsky, told the EU ambassador in a rare meeting that Moldova's government had ignored its proposed declaration calling for a peaceful settlement.
