The Moldovan Parliament has adopted a declaration on the withdrawal of Russian troops that have been participating in peacekeeping contingent deployed in Transnistria over the past two and a half decades, Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Andrian Candu said Friday Sputnik News reports.
"The declaration on the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of Moldova has been adopted by 61 deputies. It is a political decision. The document shall enter into force following the approval and will be published in Moldovan Government's Official Gazette 'Monitorul Oficial'," Candu added.
The deputies from the faction of the Party of Socialists walked out in protest. According to Marian Lupu, the deputy from the Democratic Party of Moldova, this declaration is a political opinion but not a draft law. Consequently, it has no legal effect.