Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help resolve the frozen conflict in Trans-Dneister.

The UK remains committed to supporting a comprehensive, peaceful settlement of the Transnistria conflict based on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova with a special status for the Transnistria region.

Under the Conflict Security and Stability Fund (CSSF), the British Embassy in Chisinau has supported, and is continuing to support, a range of projects-including by drawing on our experience of conflict resolution in Northern Ireland and of devolution encouraging dialogue and understanding between young leaders and junior officials from Moldova and the Transnistria Region.

UK-supported activities also played a key part in complementing EU Commission-led work in ensuring the application of the EU-Moldova Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement to the Transnistria Region.