BUCHAREST, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- What happened with Kosovo foreshadows a similar direction in South Ossetia, the visiting Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Wednesday in Chisinau.

    "At present, sovereign and independent countries are dismantled in the name of collective rights of the minorities," Basescu said when talking with his Moldovan counterpart Vladimir Voronin.

    "This is what happened with Kosovo and Serbia lost a part of its territory, and the things foreshadow a similar direction in South Ossetia and, should I dare say it, in Abkhazia," the Romanian president stressed.

    "You know that Romania is among the countries that did not recognize Kosovo, considering that the decision of setting up a state on the soil of another sovereign and independent state runs counter to the laws of an international right, runs counter to the principle of territorial integrity and inviolability of state borders," said Basescu.

    "No kind of right can prevail upon the one of the national integrity, sovereignty and inviolability of state borders of an independent state," Basescu said, stressing that Romania is an unreserved supporter of the integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Moldova.

    In the context of the frozen conflicts in the area of the BlackSera, the two heads of state examined the situation of the conflict in Moldova's Transdniestr, concluding that "this conflict perfectly matches to what happened in Kosovo, to what happened in South Ossetia."

    Basescu emphasized that the situation in South Ossetia is a proof of the fact that these frozen conflicts do not have a correct tension defusing mechanism.

    "As regards the Transdniestr, we reached to the conclusion that the involvement of the European Union is fundamental and essential in finding a solution in line with the international legislation and that will fully observe the territorial sovereignty and integrity of the Republic of Moldova," Basescu underscored.

    Moldovan President Voronin reiterated that his country will decide the Transdniestr issue only at the table of negotiations, only in a peaceful way.

    Romanian President Basescu is on a tour on Wednesday and Friday to Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. The meeting with Voronin took place in the same day in which the head of the Romanian state met in Kiev with his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko.