Today a round table on Interparliamentary Dialogue Towards Maintaining Peace and Stability on the Banks of the Dniester River took place on the platform of the Committee for International Affairs of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation via videoconference.
The PMR foreign ministry hosted a discussion between Vitaly Ignatiev and American political scientist and expert John Kavulich.
John Kavulich is a political scientist, expert, President of US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council and Senior Research Editor of Issue Insight, an analytical portal dealing with international affairs. He has been studying the USSR and the post-Soviet space for more than 35 years.
The office of the Pridnestrovian head of state hosted a meeting between PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky and Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Kelly Keiderling. The foreign diplomat was accompanied by political advisors. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR took part in the discussion.
During the working visit to Moscow, the Pridnestrovian delegation held a number of meetings in Russian state agencies with a view to enhancing bilateral, cross-departmental cooperation.
In particular, communication took place with the Ministry of Health leadership to tackle the broadening of the range and forms of cooperation, including the possibility of providing high-tech and other medical care to Pridnestrovian citizens in specialized federal institutions of Russia.
The Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Vitaly Ignatiev and delegations of the Russian Foreign Ministry headed by Alexander Lukashevich, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE, and Vitaly Triapitsyn, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The meeting was also attended by Alexander Andreev, JCC Co-Chairman from the Russian Federation.
In the context of the ongoing investigation into the terrorist attacks on the PMR territory, the Pridnestrovian side has informed the international mediators and observers of the negotiation process about the car bomb intended for the OSCE delegation during the visit of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Bujar Osmani to Pridnestrovie on February 14.
On the instructions of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, in connection with the prevented cynical terrorist act against the Pridnestrovian leadership and civilians, official appeals have been sent to the Ukrainian Embassy, Secretary General and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, as well as mediators and observers in the negotiation process.
The letter to the Ukrainian side requested assistance in obtaining clarifications from relevant agencies of Ukraine.
At the Pridnestrovian side’s initiative, an on-line meeting of expert (working) groups on transport and road infrastructure development was held today.
The key issue on the agenda of the meeting was the functioning of the Vehicle Registration Offices in Tiraspol and Rybnitsa.
In this context, the Pridnestrovian side highlighted a concrete workable initiative that can help restore the full functionality of the mechanism in the coming months.
A meeting between PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky and Michael Carpenter, US Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, took place in the office of the PMR President. Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Kent D. Logsdon also took part in the working discussion.
Today, PMR Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev held working discussions with representatives of a number of friendly states. In particular, he had contacts with Akhsar Dzhioev, Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Russian Federation officials.
