Kozak memorandum

Kozak memorandum

The Kozak Memorandum was a 2003 proposal aimed at a final settlement of relations between Moldova and Transnistria. It was seen as an extension of the 1997 Moscow Memorandum but was ultimately rejected by Moldovan president Vladimir Voronin.

The plan, presented in mid-November 2003 by Russia, was a detailed proposal for a united "asymmetric" federal Moldavian state with an attached key proposal to locate a Russian military base on Moldavian soil for the next 20 years . First published in Russian on the website of Transnistria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the text was promoted by a Russian politician Dmitry Kozak, close ally of President Vladimir Putin and one of the key figures in his presidential team. For Transnistria, the memorandum presented an end to the previous Moscow policy, which assumed that the region would have equal status in federation with the rest of the country.

It was proposed that the competences of government of the federal Moldova would be divided into three categories: those of the federation, those of individual subjects and those of joint competences. The plan presented several issues risking to cause blockage in policy-making. A lower house, elected by proportional representation, would pass legislation by simple majority. All laws would also need the assent of the senate, however, whose representation would be highly disproportionate with respect to population figures: 13 senators elected by the federal lower house, nine by Transnistria and four by Gagauzia. According to the 1989 census, Transnistria had 14% and Gagauzia 3.5% of Moldova's total population. By this plan, Transnistria would be an outright blocking minority.

Large demonstrations against the Kozak memorandum took place in Chişinău in the days following the publication of the Russian proposal. Moldova's leadership declined to sign memorandum without coordination with the European organizations. A visit by President Putin to Moldova was canceled. Later in 2005, President Vladimir Voronin made a statement rejecting the 2003 Kozak memorandum because of contradiction with the Moldovan constitution which defines Moldova as a neutral state and could not allow any foreign troops on its soil, while the country cannot join military alliances. Moldova and the Kozak memorandum was a key issue at the OSCE ministerial meeting in Maastricht in December 2003, and disagreement between Russia on the one hand, and the EU and the US on the other on Moldova, was one of the principal reasons why a final joint declaration was not adopted after the meeting.

External links

* [http://www.pridnestrovie.net/kozak_memorandum.html Full text of Kozak Memorandum at a Transnistrian site]
* [http://www.ipp.md/public/comentarii/34/ro/MoTransRev.doc Michael Emerson, "Should the Transnistrian tail wag the Bessarabian dog?"]
* [http://isd.georgetown.edu/smith_ac_moldova.pdf Pamela Hyde Smith, "Moldova Matters: Why Progress is Still Possible on Ukraine Southwestern Flank"]
* [http://www.iss-eu.org/occasion/occ60.pdf Nicu Popescu, "EU in Moldova - Settling conflicts in the neighbourhood"]


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