Palanca is a village in
Ștefan Vodă District
Ștefan Vodă () is a district () in the south-east of Moldova, with the administrative center at Ștefan Vodă.
As of 1 January 2011, its population was 71,900. The district is situated 100 km from Chișinău and 100 km from Odesa, Ukr ...
,
Moldova
Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...
, near the border with
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
. Situated at a longitude of 30°06' east, it is the country's
easternmost point and
lowest point.
Border dispute
Among the most sensitive areas of the
Moldova–Ukraine relations
Moldova–Ukraine relations are the bilateral/ diplomatic/foreign relations between the sovereign states of Moldova and Ukraine. The Moldova–Ukraine border is 985 kilometers (612 miles). Ukrainians are the third largest ethnic group in Moldova, ...
is the crossing point at Palanca. Under a 2001 treaty, Moldova committed to transfer control and sovereignty of the stretch of road between
Maiaky and Udobne, which forms part of the
M15 from
Odesa
Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern ...
and Reni, Ukraine, Reni. The Wikt:demarcation, demarcation process took many years. In 2010 Deputy Foreign Minister of Moldova Andrei Popov (politician), Andrei Popov stated that land in Palanca was an inseparable part of the Moldovan territory and would not be ceded to Ukraine. However, on November 22, 2012, the Moldovan ambassador to Ukraine announced that Moldova had transferred the section of the road by Palanca and that it had become property of Ukraine within the territory of Moldova, which would be controlled by Ukraine.
"Посол Молдови: питання територій біля Паланки закрите"
("Ambassador of Moldova: the issue of territories near Palanka is closed"), ''Radio Liberty'', November 22, 2012
Notable people
* Gheorghe Ghidirim
See also
* Extreme points of Moldova
References
Villages of Ștefan Vodă District
Extreme points of Moldova
Populated places on the Dniester
Moldova–Ukraine border
Lowest points of countries
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