19/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - EU welcomes breakthrough. On Wednesday 18 April, the EU high representative welcomed the “breakthrough” in the official discussions on the conflict between Moldova and the separatist region of Transnistria during the 5+2 meeting (Moldova, Transnistria, Russia, Ukraine, OSCE, and the EU and US as observers) in Vienna on the 17-18 April. Catherine Ashton was delighted with this development and said that an “agreement was reached on the principles and...