Following the meeting with the delegation of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and Wolf Dietrich Heim answered journalists’ questions.
The diplomat visited Pridnestrovie for the first time in the framework of the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship.
The Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting of Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev with the OSCE delegation headed by the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Wolf Dietrich Heim. The meeting was also attended by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Michael Scanlan.
The Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting of Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev with Alexander Vataman, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the PMR.
Welcoming the interlocutor, Vitaly Ignatiev appreciated the interaction with the Official Representation of the Republic of Abkhazia, noting traditional interest of Pridnestrovie in intensifying contacts with Abkhazia in all areas.
The Foreign Ministry held a meeting of Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev with a delegation of the Republic of Austria and of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. In particular, the delegation included Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Moldova Christine Freilinger and Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Stephen Young.
The Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry informs that the President of the PMR Vadim Krasnoselsky and Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Pavel Filip signed (without meeting) Additional Protocol to the Protocol Decision “On the principles of resumption of a full-scale freight railway communication through the territory of Pridnestrovie” of 30 March 2012. In accordance with this document the Protocol Decision was extended until the end of the coming year.
The Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria to the Republic of Moldova Christine Freilinger.
The Foreign Ministry of Pridnestrovie hosted a meeting between Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and a delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany, headed by Martin Neumeyer, the Integration Commissioner for the Bavarian State Government. The meeting was also attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to the Republic of Moldova Ulrike Maria Knots.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie has taken note of the Statement of the Ministerial Council of the OSCE participating States concerning the negotiations on the Pridnestrovian settlement, adopted in Hamburg on 8-9 December 2016.
We consider another declaration of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the OSCE participating States as an abstract document, which has no direct relation to the negotiation process between Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova.
The Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Dmitry Palamarchuk and Deputy Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Moldova Florian Seitz.
