On December 12, 2010, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the PMR, Vladimir Yastrebchak, met with deputy of the Russia’s State Duma, Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee for Public Associations and Religious Organizations, Sergey Markov.
On December 7, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation/ State Secretary Grigory Karasin received the Political Representative in the Moldova-Pridnestrovie settlement process, the Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie, Vladimir Yastrebchak, the Information and Press Department of the Russian MFA has said.
In Pridnestrovie attention was drawn to mass media reports regarding the speech of Mr. Osipov at the Summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe held on December, 1 and 2, 2010, in Astana.
On December 1, 2010, meetings were held between PMR’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vladimir Yastrebchak, and representatives of a number of the European Union structures.
On November 30, 2010, Foreign Minister of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic attended event in the European Parliament devoted to the preliminary results of the elections to the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova.
In the light of high importance for the Moldova-Pridnestrovie settlement of the Summit of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe held on 1-2 December, in Astana, the refusal of Moldovan acting President Mihai Ghimpu from participating in the given international forum is indicative of Chisinau’s extremely irresponsible approach to the question of political normalization of relations.
