Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic welcomes the recognition by international community of a new state – the Republic of Southern Sudan. PMR’s MFA is pleased to note, that the results of direct expression of popular will, held in this country at the beginning of 2011, became legal base for the recognition of independence of Southern Sudan.
On July 8, 2011 PMR’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Yastrebchak met the delegation of the Heads of Permanent Missions to the OSCE, which made an official visit to Tiraspol.
Today the delegation of the Heads of Permanent Missions to the OSCE, headed by the Chairperson of Permanent Council of the organization, Permanent representative of Lithuania to the OSCE Renatas Norkus made an official visit to Pridnestrovie.
On July 7, 2011, the Head of Ukrainian foreign policy department,Konstantin Grishchenko and his wife visited the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic. They were received by President of the PMR Igor Smirnov and his wife Zhanetta Nikolayevna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vladimir Yastrebchak, leadership of the Ministries of Interior and Education, and Rector of the Pridnestrovien State University Stepan Beril. Visiting Pridnestrovie together with Konstantin Grishchenko was Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Moldova Sergey Pirozhkov.
Pridnestrovie reacted with bewilderment and indignation to the position occupied by Romanian officials on the question of tragic events which took place 70 years ago.
The appearance in state media of the Republic of Moldova of some “specifications” of the official position of Moldova, the necessity of which is apparently connected with the active position of Pridnestrovie and principled questions from the side of guarantors, intermediaries and observers in Moldova-Pridnestrovie settlement, in Tiraspol is noted with satisfaction.
Today PMR’s Foreign Minister Vladimir Yastrebchak received the delegation from Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia, headed by Internal Minister, Police Major General Leonid Dzapshba.
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