The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted the meeting between Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and Thomas Lenk, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. Kelly Keiderling, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, also attended the meeting.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic gave an extensive interview to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, answering questions about gas supplies to Pridnestrovie, the economic situation amid the humanitarian and energy crisis, the peacekeeping operation, and the prospects for the “5+2” format.
- Can you confirm the information that Tiraspol and Chisinau have agreed on gas supplies from the European market until February 10? Where will the republic receive gas from after this date?
Today, at the initiative of the South Ossetian side, a phone conversation took place between Minister of Foreign Affairs Vitaly Ignatiev and head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Ossetia Akhsar Djioev.
Vitaly Ignatiev informed his counterpart about the consequences of the energy crisis in Pridnestrovie for the population of the republic, the current situation, and possible options for ensuring long-term natural gas supplies.
Vitaly Ignatiev gave an interview to the Russia 24 channel. The topic of discussion was the energy crisis and ways to resolve it. The minister stated that due to lacking natural gas supplies for almost a month, the situation in Pridnestrovie is very difficult. At the same time, according to him, Moldova is obstructing the republic’s access to energy resources.
Today, the PMR Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vitaly Ignatiev, and the Head of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Abkhazia, Sergey Shamba, held a mutually agreed phone conversation.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter to the Moldovan side proposing to arrange a discussion of gas and energy experts as a matter of urgency, specifically on January 29 via video conference.
Pridnestrovie welcomes the EU’s intention to provide an emergency financial grant to offer short-term support to the republic amid the humanitarian and energy crisis.
Due to the lack of precise information regarding the parameters of this support, as well as conflicting interpretations by certain officials of the Republic of Moldova that contradict the content of a previously received letter from Moldova’s political representative, the Pridnestrovian side has put forward a counter-initiative to hold an expert meeting as soon as possible.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid attention to the destructive comments made by the Moldovan Prime Minister’s spokesperson regarding the energy crisis provoked by Moldova.
Spinning an informational web of false statements instead of genuinely working to implement the existing functional mechanism for gas supplies to Pridnestrovie is extremely cynical.
As ordered by the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes the text of the Head of State’s address to the UN Secretary-General and the President of the UN Security Council.
The Foreign Ministry notes that the President has signed and sent several addresses to international partners today, emphasizing the urgent need for the prompt supply of natural gas to Pridnestrovie and the importance of preventing a fuel and energy crisis and a humanitarian catastrophe in the country.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs draws attention to the ongoing campaign by Moldovan officials aimed at public misleading with regard to the worsening energy and humanitarian crisis in Pridnestrovie.
Showing extreme cynicism and lacking hesitation, Moldovan representatives stalls and keeps appearance of invincible bureaucratic obstacles to addressing current issues. They share contradictory statements and publicly tie the task of saving nearly half a million Pridnestrovians with deliberately unfeasible and unreasonable demands.
