Leaders of Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region said that they planned to hold a referendum to determine the future nature of relations with Chisinau. The announcement on March 31 came a day after the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) announced that talks between Transdniester and Moldova had been suspended indefinitely. Transdniester Foreign Minister Valery Litskai said that Tiraspol considered Kosova's final-status negotiations to be setting a precedent.
