The Ministry of Foreign Affairs got acquainted with the Office of the Representative for Political Affairs of the Republic of Moldova information message which states that Pridnestrovie did not allegedly respond about a regular meeting of Expert (Working) Groups on health issues holding.
This information is incorrect since the answer was indeed sent on April 8.
The Pridnestrovian Foreign Minister held a video format negotiation with the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Thomas Mayr-Harting and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Klaus Neukirch.
The President invited the PMR Government Chairman Alexander Martynov, the PMR Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and Ruslan Mova the Minister of Internal Affairs and head of Operational Headquarter on Prevention the coronavirus spread to discuss the issue of assuring uninterrupted food and medicine supplies to Pridnestrovie during pandemic. They talked about the current situation, the current level of communication in this direction, the problems the republic is facing and the measures taken to solve them.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR continues to provide assistance to Pridnestrovian citizens who are in difficult situation due to air, rail and transport links suspension, and due to work limitation of checkpoints in many European countries, including Russia and Ukraine.
On behalf of people of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and on my own behalf, I express my respect and congratulations on the occasion of your election as President of the Republic of Abkhazia!
Please be advised that due to forced measures aimed at preventing the spread of the new type of coronavirus infection, such transport links as air and rail to many European countries including Ukraine and Moldova have been suspended and checkpoints have been limited.
The Pridnestrovian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is making efforts to assist Pridnestrovian citizens who are in a difficult situation outside the country.
In order to ensure the epidemiological well-being of population, beginning with 15:00PM, March 16, 2020, the provision of documents legalization applications at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic are temporarily suspended.
The issuance of previously legalized documents to applicants will be carried out in the normal mode on working days from 10:00 to 12:00.
The PMR President convened the meeting of representatives of Expert (Working) Groups of Pridnestrovie as part of the negotiation process with the Republic of Moldova. The officials informed the Head of State about the activities of the working bodies within “Permanent Meeting ...” format in relevant areas. Sergey Obolonik introduced the Economic Issues.
The OSCE Office in Tiraspol hosted the meeting of Expert (Working) Group on transport and road facilities issues.
The sides preliminary agreed (as initiated by Pridnestrovie) to discuss within the meeting the mechanism of drivers’ licenses issuance of agreed sample.
Along with, the parties touched upon problems within Protocol decision of April, 2018 implementation. These problems prevent interested Pridnestrovian drivers to have full access to the Vehicle Registration Office.
The Foreign Ministry of the PMR hosted the meeting between Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović. The PMR Human Rights Ombudsman Vyacheslav Kosinsky and the PMR Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Stetsiuk also attended the meeting.
