Today, the Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between the PMR Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vitaly Ignatiev, and the new Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Kelly Keiderling. The diplomat paid a study visit to Tiraspol leading up to the meeting of the PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky with the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Thomas Mayr-Harting, scheduled for upcoming Monday.
A videoconference of Expert (Working) Groups on Education Issues from Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova took place on October 18.
The communication between the parties was mainly related to exchanging views on some aspects of functioning protocol resolutions on education signed in November 2017. The discussion focused, in particular, on outstanding difficulties when using apostilled diplomas issued at T.G. Shevchenko Pridnestrovian State University abroad.
The night before, a Su-34 military aircraft crashed in the city of Yeysk, Krasnodar Region. As a result of the tragic incident, 13 people died, dozens suffered burns.
As a sign of mourning, PMR Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Stetsiuk and officers of the Foreign Ministry laid flowers at the Tiraspol Consular Field Mission of the Embassy of the Russian Federation.
Pridnestrovian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also sent condolences to the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Moldova:
The Foreign Ministry of Pridnestrovie paid attention to the undue reaction from the office of Moldovan political representative regarding the participation of Head of the PMR Official Representation in the Russian Federation Leonid Manakov in the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
On October 5, the Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting with Celestine Greenwood, a British lawyer who had been invited by the OSCE Mission to conduct international expertise on issues related to protecting children’s rights, including adoption, in Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Social Protection and Labor, and the Ministry of Justice, who take part in meetings of expert (working) groups on social protection, humanitarian aid, and legal and documentation support for citizens.
Leonid Manakov, Head of the PMR Official Representation in the Russian Federation, addressed the participants of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in an online format:
“There is a significant decline in the dynamics and quality of the dialogue between Pridnestrovie and the Moldovan authorities. Over the past year, the meetings of the negotiators have been unstable, and the irresponsible approach of the Moldovan side prevents the solution of acute problems and creates new ones.
Leonid Manakov, Head of the PMR Official Representation in Moscow, held a working meeting with Andrei Markelov, Advisor to the Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma.
PMR Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev sent a congratulatory message to the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia on the occasion of Day of Victory and Independence.
Leonid Manakov, Head of the PMR Official Representation in Moscow, held a working meeting with Igor Korelsky, Advisor to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN Office in Geneva. The diplomats discussed the prospects for the Official Representation’s work at international platforms, first of all at the UN Human Rights Council.
The meeting also covered the preparing and holding of a round table on the development of practical guidelines to improve the mechanisms for implementing the rights and legitimate interests of Pridnestrovian residents in foreign countries.
PMR Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev addressed a congratulatory message to Foreign Minister of the State of Alania Akhsar Dzhioev on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of South Ossetia.
