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The 1999 Istanbul Summit was the 6th Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) summit and was held in Istanbul, Turkey from November 18 until November 19, resulting in the adoption of the Istanbul Summit Declaration and the signing of the Charter for European Security. Also in Istanbul, 30 OSCE states signed the Agreement on the Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, which amended the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe to reflect the changes since the end of the Cold War. There was a verbal clash between Russia and the West concerning NATO intervention in the Kosovo Conflict and the beginning of the Second Chechen War.

The Transnistria conflict, the Abkhaz–Georgian conflict and the Georgian–Ossetian conflict were also discussed.

Russian forces in Moldova

Russia agreed to withdraw its 14th Army from Moldovan territory in an agreement signed 21 October 1994 and acknowledged in the December Budapest declaration of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe. The OSCE expressed concern over the lack of progress in its 1996 Lisbon Document. At the 1999 OSCE summit, Russia again promised to withdraw its forces from Moldova (and from Georgia), this time with a firm commitment to a deadline of 31 December 2002 written into the summit documents. This did not happen.

References

1. "Istanbul Document 1999 | OSCE". osce.org. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
2. https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/5/1/39554.pdf, p. 9
3. https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/1/0/39539.pdf, p. 8
4. "Istanbul Document 1999 | OSCE". osce.org. Retrieved 21 July 2015., page 50.
5. "Occasional Paper #284 - The 1999 OSCE Istanbul Summit decisions on Moldova and Georgia: Prospects for Implementation" (PDF). Kennan Institute - Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 24 October 2002.

v t e Transnistria conflict
Background	First Partition of Poland and Treaty of Iași Union of Bessarabia with Romania Moldavian ASSR Moldovenism World War II Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina Moldavian SSR Transnistria Governorate The Holocaust in Romania Dissolution of the Soviet Union Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova Moldovan language Unification of Moldova and Romania
Transnistria War	Timeline Battle of Bender Ceasefire agreement
Post-war developments	Human rights in Transnistria Romanian-language schools in Transnistria Russian military presence in Transnistria Joint Control Commission 2006 Transnistrian independence referendum 2006 Transnistrian customs crisis 2012 Moldova security zone incident 2022 Transnistria attacks 2025 Moldovan energy crisis
Resolution attempts	1997 Moscow memorandum 1999 Istanbul summit 2003 Kozak memorandum 2005 Yushchenko Plan Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester 5+2 format (2005–present; see also Berlin Plus package, 2016–present) Potential solutions Reintegration into Moldova Bureau for Reintegration of the Republic of Moldova Annexation by Russia
Participants and figures	Pro-Moldova Moldova Mircea Snegur Petru Lucinschi Vladimir Voronin Nicolae Timofti Igor Dodon Maia Sandu European Union Romania United States Ukraine Pro-Transnistria Transnistria Igor Smirnov Yevgeny Shevchuk Vadim Krasnoselsky Russia 14th Guards Army Operational Group of Russian Forces Neutral Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
See also	Gagauzia conflict Gagauz Republic Cobasna ammunition depot Moldova–Ukraine border

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