President of Pridnestrovie Evgeny Shevchuk received the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of France Pascal Vagogne. Taking part in the meeting from the Pridnestrovian side was also Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Minister for Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski.
Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski met with Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Michael Scanlan in the MFA of the PMR.
The sides discussed a wide range of issues related to the normalization of Pridnestrovian- Moldovan relations, as well as the state of the negotiation process in the framework of the "Permanent Conference ..."
The past year has revealed principal contradictions between Moldova and Pridnestrovie in the peaceful settlement of the conflict, which has lasted for more than two decades. The lack of progress in the negotiation process and blocking actions on the part of Moldavia call into question the effectiveness of the existing negotiation format “5 + 2”. In an interview to “Krasnaya Zvezda” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie Vitaly Ignatiev told about the impacts of the pressure on Pridnestrovie, for what purpose and who profits from maintaining the conflict potential on the Dniester.
Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the meeting between Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the UK to the Republic of Moldova Philip David Batson. The Ambassador was accompanied by Desk Officer for Moldova of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of Great Britain Stephanie E. Illingworth.
His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill hosted the President of the PMR. The meeting took place in the Patriarchal and Synodal residence in the Danilov Monastery in Moscow today.
Yesterday, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski gave a comment to the Russian newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomolets” on the consequences of the economic blockade and the current situation in Pridnestrovie. Below is the full text of the comment.
Today, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski sent Foreign Minister of Abkhazia Vyacheslav Chirikba a congratulatory message on the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation between the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and the Republic of Abkhazia.
Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski noted that the principal feature of the Moldo-Pridnestrovian conflict is that “that the inter-ethnic or inter-religious incompatibility only cannot be defined as the basic prerequisites, which led to the armed confrontation”.
The meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and Deputy Head of the Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Moldova Neil Martin took place in the Foreign Ministry of Pridnestrovie today.
