The official delegation of PMR headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Simonenko arrived to Tshinval. Today the meeting between Pridnestrovien representatives and the head of the MFA of South Ossetia Murat Djioev has taken place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of RSO.
Today the acting Foreign Minister of PMR Alexander Malarchuk has carried out briefing for foreign and Pridnestrovien media representatives in Tiraspol.
On January 30, 2009, REGNUM News Agency ran on its website an article entitled Stockholm Syndrome: Regional Consequences of the “gas war” between Russia and Ukraine, claiming to give an analysis of the situation in Pridnestrovie and around Moldova-Pridnestrovie settlement, but the author of this material (or the person who signed the abovementioned article) so far has not achieved any success in the field of the Pridnestrovien issue.
On January 27, 2008, head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Philip Remler came to Rybnitsa to meet with the head of Rybnitsa city administration, Yuri Platonov.
On January 26, 2009, a meeting took place between the RF MFA Ambassador-at-Large, Valeriy Nesterushkin, and the PMR Foreign Minister, Vladimir Yastrebchak, at the Pridnestrovien Foreign Office.
This year, Ukraine intends to contribute to increased dialogue on the Dniester, as the Special Representative of Ukraine for Pridnestrovien Settlement, Viktor Kryzhanovskiy, has said today in Tiraspol during his meeting with the PMR Foreign Minister, Vladimir Yastrebchak.
On January 13, some media spread alleged statement by the governor of Odessa region of Ukraine that Pridnestrovie had “siphoned natural gas”, and Pridnestrovien people had “tried to gain access to the gas measuring unit Grebeniki and open the valve”.
