Vadim Krasnoselsky met with Claus Neukirch at the PMR President’s Office. The European diplomat is in Pridnestrovie on a working visit, one of the many in the last four years. He systematically visited the republic, participated in the negotiation process as an OSCE representative, came as a member of various delegations, and regularly had tete-à-tete meetings with the PMR President. The peculiarity of this visit is that it is the final one: Claus Neukirch is leaving his post as Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, which he has held since September 2018.
On September 5, an online-meeting of the political representatives from Pridnestrovie and Moldova, Vitaly Ignatiev and Oleg Serebrian, with the participation of expert (working) groups on health issues took place.
The meeting focused on the issue of importing medicines to Pridnestrovie. Vitaly Ignatiev reminded of the mechanism developed by the relevant experts of the sides to unblock the import of medicines included in the Pridnestrovian list of vital and socially important medicines into the PMR.
Today there was an explosion at the entrance to the consular office of the Russian Embassy in Afghanistan. The attack resulted in the deaths of two diplomatic staff members.
The PMR Foreign Ministry addressed its condolences to the Russian Foreign Ministry on the tragedy.
“It was with great sorrow that Pridnestrovie received the news of a terrible act of terror that resulted in numerous casualties, including two employees of the Russian Embassy in Afghanistan.
We condemn the inhuman attack on the Russian diplomatic mission.
On September 2, the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic celebrated the 32nd anniversary of its founding. The official celebrations in the capital traditionally opened with a wreath-laying and flower-laying ceremony at the Glory Memorial. It was attended by PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky, heads and representatives of state authorities and administration, including Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev, servicemen, and the public.
Today, at the initiative of the Pridnestrovian side, an online meeting was held on the issues of importing to Pridnestrovie products for plant protection and increasing soil fertility.
Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev sent congratulations on the occasion of Republic of Abkhazia and Republic of South Ossetia Independence Recognition Day to the Foreign Ministers of these countries.
The address to Foreign Minister of Apsny Inal Ardzinba reads:
The “Family of the President for a Healthy Lifestyle” regatta was held at the Rowing Center in Bender. The team of the Foreign Ministry was among the participants of the competition. All in all, representatives of about 30 crews from ministries, departments, educational institutions, and the media took to the water.
In his welcoming speech, the President noted that this was not the first time such an event had been held. This time the decision was made to expand the range of participants and attract beginners to the competition.
On August 17, after a two-year standstill, a meeting of Pridnestrovian and Moldovan telecommunication experts was held via videoconference with representatives of mediators and observers.
The meeting mainly focused on the fulfillment of obligations under the Protocol Decision on Measures to Organize Interaction in the Field of Tele- and Electrocommunications of November 25, 2017, as well as the follow-up Roadmap of June 28, 2018.
On August 16, Chief Negotiators Vitaly Ignatiev and Oleg Serebrian met online in the presence of mediators and observers.
Opening the discussion, Vitaly Ignatiev expressed his concern about the pause in the 1+1 meetings and in the activities of relevant expert (working) groups. He stated that the situation in the negotiations has been deteriorating on account of Moldova’s unilateral actions.
At the initiative of the Pridnestrovian side, the most urgent problematic aspects between the sides were discussed, mostly fixed in the framework of the Berlin+ package of agreements.
Yesterday at the Glory Memorial in Tiraspol an event commemorating the beginning of the Patriotic War in Abkhazia was held. On August 14, 1992 Georgian troops invaded the republic.
Flower laying ceremony was held in memory of the victims. It was attended by representatives of state authorities, public organizations and residents of the republic. PMR Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandr Stetsiuk represented the Foreign Ministry.
