Russia, Moldova Agree on Troop Withdrawal
Russia and Moldova said Wednesday that they have agreed on a three-year timetable for the withdrawal of an estimated 15,000 Russian troops from the former Soviet republic.
Negotiators who initialed the draft agreement told a news conference here in the Moldovan capital that the deal will take effect as soon as the two governments approve the text and their leaders sign it.
The Moldovan deputy foreign minister, Nicolae Osmochescu, said the government agreed to the timetable--longer than it initially wanted--because military experts said this was the minimum period needed to withdraw the Russian troops’ huge stockpiles of weapons and ammunition.
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