The Ministry of Foreign Affairs draws attention to the ongoing campaign by Moldovan officials aimed at public misleading with regard to the worsening energy and humanitarian crisis in Pridnestrovie.
Showing extreme cynicism and lacking hesitation, Moldovan representatives stalls and keeps appearance of invincible bureaucratic obstacles to addressing current issues. They share contradictory statements and publicly tie the task of saving nearly half a million Pridnestrovians with deliberately unfeasible and unreasonable demands.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a meeting between PMR Minister of Foreign Affairs Vitaly Ignatiev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Moldova Oleg Ozerov during his working visit to Pridnestrovie, as part of an extensive program.
During the dialogue, the diplomats aligned their positions on the main issues of the negotiation process and the current situation in Pridnestrovie, with an emphasis on exchanging opinions and assessments on ways to address the fuel and energy crisis.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that today at 10:00 experts from Pridnestrovie and Moldova held a meeting on energy issues at the OSCE Mission office in Bendery.
This fact completely invalidates the irresponsible statements and empty arguments of O. Serebrian, who deliberately avoided the meeting of political representatives in Bendery under a fabricated pretext.
The aggressive remarks made by the Moldovan official in recent days indicate his intent to disrupt the normal interaction between the political representatives of the parties.
The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports that throughout the current week, under the mediation of the OSCE Mission, efforts were made to facilitate the meeting of political representatives of the sides to discuss measures for overcoming the energy crisis and providing humanitarian support.
Under various pretexts, the political representative of the Republic of Moldova first waived the traditional in-person meeting format, and then ultimately disrupted the session by rejecting the OSCE Mission’s written proposal to hold it at the Bendery office.
The PMR Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes with concern the increasing frequency of speculative statements by Moldova’s political representative on the energy crisis. The repetitive nature of these declarations indicates an attempt to manipulate public opinion through the dissemination of false information.
In recent days, there has been widespread dissemination of claims about the Moldovan government’s alleged “readiness” to assist its citizens in Pridnestrovie, as well as supposed proposals to establish a “dialogue mechanism”, and so on.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs provided an update on the current situation in the republic: from the economic pressure by Moldova to the blocking of exports from Pridnestrovian industrial enterprises. He touched upon expectations for Finland’s OSCE Chairmanship, the importance of adopting the Declaration on Peaceful Approaches to Settlement, and cooperation prospects with Russia.
Due to the state of emergency in the economy, Pridnestrovie is engaged in ongoing dialogue with the parties involved and is making every possible effort to maintain natural gas supplies at previous volumes.
Regarding the statements of RM Political Representative Oleg Serebrian posted in Moldovan media allegedly claiming lacking request of Pridnestrovie for assistance, we deem it important to emphasize as follows.
The long-standing international negotiation process conceptually represents a string of direct and systematic addresses from Pridnestrovie to Moldova, urging it to cease the application of discriminatory and restrictive measures, to abandon socio-economic pressure, and to stop violations of the rights and freedoms of the Pridnestrovians.
