Palanca, Ștefan Vodă

Palanca is a village in Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova,[2] near the border with Ukraine. Situated at a longitude of 30°06' east, it is the country's easternmost point and lowest point.

Palanca
Village
Palanca
Location in Moldova
Coordinates: 46°24′34″N 30°05′35″E
Country Moldova
DistrictȘtefan Vodă District
Population
 • Total1,708
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Border dispute

Among the most sensitive areas of the Moldova–Ukraine relations is the crossing point at Palanca. There is a need to complete the demarcation process (including the stipulated 430 meters access for Moldova to the Danube for the port and terminal in Giurgiulești), to deliver on the Republic of Moldova's commitment to transfer to Ukraine not only the asphalt, but also the real property under 7.7 kilometers of road (which is a portion between Mayaky and Udobne[3] of Highway M15 (Ukraine) between Odessa and Reni, Ukraine), and to clarify the sovereignty of that land, which under the Treaty of 2001, should be transferred into the property of Ukraine.[4]

In 2010 Deputy Foreign Minister of Moldova Andrei Popov has stated that land in Palanca is an inseparable part of the Moldovan territory, so it shall not be ceded to Ukraine.[5]

However, on November 22, 2012 the ambassador of Moldova to Ukraine announced that according to the reached agreement, Moldova transferred the section of the road by Palanca to become the property of Ukraine within the territory of Moldova and that this section will be controlled by Ukraine.[6]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. Results of Population and Housing Census in the Republic of Moldova in 2014: "Characteristics - Population (population by communes, religion, citizenship)" (XLS). National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova. 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  2. Clasificatorul unităților administrativ-teritoriale al Republicii Moldova (CUATM) (in Romanian)
  3. "The Bessarabia Gambit: Why Ukraine’s Danube Region Needs Infrastructure"
  4. Moldova-Ukraine relations, interview with Andrei Popov Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Palanca land shall not go to Ukraine - Popov (retrieved May 4, 2017)
  6. "Посол Молдови: питання територій біля Паланки закрите" ("Ambassador of Moldova: the issue of territories near Palanka is closed"), Radio Liberty, November 22, 2012
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