Today the Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry celebrated its 30th anniversary. On this occasion a ceremonial meeting of the extended reporting board of the Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry took place in the small hall of the Republic Palace. PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky, Chairman of the PMR Supreme Council Alexander Korshunov, Chairman of the PMR Government Alexander Rozenberg, heads of executive and judicial authorities, acting and former employees of the PMR MFA, and representatives of public organizations attended the event as well.
PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky took part in a plenary session of the PMR Supreme Council. One of the issues on the agenda was the statement of the Pridnestrovian parliamentarians, designed to bring the attention of the international community to the situation around Pridnestrovie, which the deputies described as volatile. Deputy Chairman Galina Antyufeyeva read out the text of the deputy statement, preliminarily noting that a meeting of the relevant parliamentary committee was held today, with the participation of the PMR Foreign Minister.
The Foreign Ministry held a working meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), headed by delegate Maria Arranz Arranz. From the Pridnestrovian side, the meeting was attended by experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Protection and Labor Alexander Khonitsky, Angela Diachenko and Natalia Ovcharenko.
The interlocutors continued the discussion of the multifaceted assistance provided to people with disabilities in Pridnestrovie.
The office of the Pridnestrovian head of state hosted the next meeting between Pridnestrovian president Vadim Krasnoselsky and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Moldova Steven Fisher. Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and the British Embassy representative Iulia Gutuleac also took part in the discussion. Welcoming the guests, Vadim Krasnoselsky noted that more than four months had passed since the last (February) conversation.
The Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Moldova Steven Fisher.
The discussion was focused on the issues related to the current situation in the field of regional security. In this context, Vitaly Ignatiev expressed particular concern about the strengthened militarization processes in Moldova, including the possible supply of lethal weapons to the neighboring state.
The Foreign Ministry hosted the meeting between PMR Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandr Stetsiuk and Head of the Embassy Office of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Republic of Moldova Floris van Eijk. Researchers from the Clingedael Institute, Bob Deen and Wouter Zweers, also participated in the dialogue.
The communication focused on a wide range of issues related to the negotiation process and the prospects for settling relations between Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova.
The Foreign Ministry held a working meeting with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation represented by Samuel Marc Fensterheim and Maria Arranz Arranz. From the Pridnestrovian side the meeting was attended by heads of relevant departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry Ministry of Social Protection and Labor and the Ministry of Health Alexander Khonitsky, Natalia Ovcharenko and Angela Diachenko.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev received members of the International Committee of the Red Cross. During the dialogue, Head of the ICRC Delegation Roman Machover informed that he was completing his mission and introduced Doris El Doueihi as his successor.
The meeting was held as part of the ICRC Delegation’s working visit the purpose of which was to proceed with elaborating certain aspects of assistance to Ukrainian refugees and their host families in Pridnestrovie.
A memorial event commemorating 30 years of the Bendery tragedy took place on June 19, the Day of Memory and Sorrow, at the monument to soldiers-internationalists near Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast.
More than 30 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion of Bendery, the militia, fighters of the Territorial Rescue Squad and Cossacks, who in 1990-1992 defended Pridnestrovie from the aggression of the Republic of Moldova, participated in the event.
Today, a meeting of Pridnestrovian and Moldovan experts took place via videoconference to address pressing problematic issues that arise during the import of medicines. Representatives of mediators and observers in the negotiation process, as well as a delegation of the World Health Organization attended the discussion.