MINSK, December 14. /TASS/. The United States and its satellites are attempting to "unfreeze" the Transnistria and other conflicts within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS, an assembly of post-Soviet states) and to "open a second front" in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin said at the 19th Meeting of Heads of Security Bodies and Intelligence Services of the CIS member states held in Minsk.

"Seeking to unsettle the post-Soviet space, the United States and its satellites are trying to lead the way in unfreezing the Transnistria conflict, opening a second front in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, inciting instability in the South Caucasus and exploiting the Afghan factor as an instrument to exert influence on Central Asia," he said.

"However, I am convinced that no one in the audience has any illusions about the true objectives of the policy of the Americans and Europeans, who have absolutely no interest in what happens to ordinary people," he concluded.