I cannot spot the Moldovan part of the highway, was is handed
over much earlier than my maps.
The other swop along the Danube, could very well have moved
the tripoint with Romania. Any info?
Jesper
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Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 1:57
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Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: mdua border
changes
Cf. http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2001/07/130701.asp
:
MOLDOVA, UKRAINE, APPROVE ACCORD ON SWAPPING TERRITORIES
The
parliaments of Moldova and Ukraine on 12 July approved the
agreement
whereby Ukraine will gain sovereignty over a stretch of the
Izmail-Odessa
highway previously on Moldovan territory in exchange
for Moldova's gaining
access to a 430-meter stretch of land along the
banks of the Danube River
near the village of Giurgiulesti, where it
intends to build an oil
terminal, dpa reported. The villagers of
Palanca, whose pastures will be
now transferred to Ukraine,
demonstrated in Chisinau against the
agreement. The accord stipulates
that the villagers will be allowed access
to the pastures without
using passports. The opposition Popular Party
Christian Democratic
accused the ruling Party of Moldovan Communists of
"selling off
national wealth" and "harming national interests." MS
Peter S.
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