During the Free Movement session, the discussion touched upon the pressing issue regarding driving licenses used by Pridnestrovian nationals within the international traffic. Pridnestrovie suggested particular solution modalities considering mediators’ opinion and earlier commitments to allow international traffic participation with no discrimination to all persons enjoying the VRO mechanism access.
On November 4-5, 2019, Bavaria hosted unofficial CBM Conference between the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and the Republic of Moldova under support of the German Foreign Ministry.
The participants discussed the priority issues within three thematic sessions of the conference: Economics, Trade and Banking, Education and Freedom of Movement.
On November 1, 2019 the OSCE Mission Office in Tiraspol hosted an expanded format meeting of Expert (Working) Groups on Economic Issues initiated by the Pridnestrovian side.
At the meeting, the experts of the sides initialed the Protocol Decision on Cooperation for Elimination of Trade and Consumer Technical Barriers. The agreement is expected to be signed by political representatives in the near future.
On November 1, 2019, Expert (Working) Groups on Regulatory and Documentary Support from Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova resumed their activity one year later at the OSCE Mission Office in Kishinev.
Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Stetsyuk and Deputy Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova Antti Karttunen.
Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Stetsyuk and Head of the Official Representative Office of the Republic of South Ossetia in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic Vitaly Yankovsky.
The meeting included a substantive discussion on a wide range of topical issues within the cooperation agenda between Pridnestrovie and South Ossetia, as well as on promising areas of bilateral cooperation for the upcoming period.
On October 25, 2019, the OSCE Mission Office in Kishinev hosted a meeting of Expert (Working) Groups on Humanitarian Aid Issues from Pridnestrovie and Republic of Moldova. During the meeting, the parties discussed the prospects of signing the Protocol Decision on Mechanism for Return of Identified Unattended Children to Permanent Place of Residence.
The experts, also, touched upon other relevant humanitarian issues.
House of Official Receptions hosted a meeting of Pridnestrovian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev with a large delegation representing foreign affairs agencies of the EU countries. The delegation included diplomats from 14 states, among them Germany, France, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden, Romania, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The Pridnestrovian side was represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Stetsyuk and Ambassador-at-Large in the rank of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Ruslan Slobodenyuk.
On the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie, the OSCE Mission Office in Kishinev hosted the regular meeting of banking subgroups. The Pridnestrovian delegation was led by Vladislav Tidva, Chairman of the Pridnestrovian Republican Bank.
