During a visit to Chisinau where he opened his country's new embassy, Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda said on 19 December that Prague supported Moldova's EU aspirations. After meeting with Moldovan Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan. Svoboda said he and his counterpart also discussed the Transdniester conflict. "This conflict is a complicated one, and the Czech Republic supports the efforts of the Republic of Moldova and, certainly, insists on Russian Federation respecting commitments concerning the withdrawal of its troops from the territory of the Republic of Moldova" Svoboda said.
