On the initiative of the British side the Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting of Nina Shtanski, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs with Sarah Swinford, Head of Department, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate , Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Yesterday, on May 21, 2015, the director of the Dniester-Prut Centre of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies was detained at the airport in Kishinev and then deported to the Russian Federation.
This was what Deputy Prime Minister of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski declared during an interview with the special correspondent of Radio “Sputnik Moldova” (MIA “Russia Today”) in the context of the situation concerning Moldova’s refusal to renew the license of the “KVINT” plant.
The journalists of the “Parliamentary newspaper” of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation asked President of Pridnestrovie Yevgeny Shevchuk to make a comment on the decision adopted today by the Verkhovna Rada concerning the denunciation of the agreement on transit of Russian military personnel and cargo through the territory of Ukraine to Pridnestrovie. (We publish the full text of the comment of the President of the PMR given to the Russian media).
Today, on the initiative of the British side the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR hosted a working meeting of Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Great Britain to the Republic of Moldova Philip David Batson.
Today, on May 18, 2015, the Kishinev OSCE Mission Office after half a year pause hosted a meeting of expert (working) groups on education of Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova.
During the today meeting between political representatives of Pridnestrovie and Moldova Nina Shtanski and Viktor Osipov the parties discussed the current situation of denial to extend a license for ZAO Tiraspol Wine&Brandy Distillery “KVINT”.
On the meeting the parties agreed on the text of the Framework Mechanism of cooperation between insurance entities of the Republic of Moldova and Pridnestrovie on contracts of compulsory civil liability insurance of owners of motor, but the parties failed to agree on the date of entry into force of the agreed mechanism.
On May 7, 2015 News Agency “Newsmaker.md” spread information about the situation with obtaining licences in the Republic of Moldova by the Pridnestrovian enterprise CJSC Tiraspol Wine & Cognac Factory «KVINT».
