The past year has revealed principal contradictions between Moldova and Pridnestrovie in the peaceful settlement of the conflict, which has lasted for more than two decades. The lack of progress in the negotiation process and blocking actions on the part of Moldavia call into question the effectiveness of the existing negotiation format “5 + 2”. In an interview to “Krasnaya Zvezda” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie Vitaly Ignatiev told about the impacts of the pressure on Pridnestrovie, for what purpose and who profits from maintaining the conflict potential on the Dniester.
Yesterday, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski gave a comment to the Russian newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomolets” on the consequences of the economic blockade and the current situation in Pridnestrovie. Below is the full text of the comment.
Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski noted that the principal feature of the Moldo-Pridnestrovian conflict is that “that the inter-ethnic or inter-religious incompatibility only cannot be defined as the basic prerequisites, which led to the armed confrontation”.
Commenting on a journalist's question about the current state of the negotiation process in the “5+2” format, Nina Shtanski noted that, despite the serious degradation of relations between Pridnestrovie and Moldova in 2014, in general, since the resumption of negotiations in 2012, very tangible for social and economic interaction and people’s well-being results have been achieved.
The interview of the Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski to the crew of the largest South Korean broadcasting company (Korean Broadcasting System) took place in the MFA of the PMR today.
Asked about the prospects for the legal recognition of Pridnestrovie, Nina Shtanski reminded that peoples’ right to self-determination was enshrined in a number of fundamental international documents.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie Nina Shtanski in an exclusive interview to international news agency Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today) supported the position of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the format of the existing peacekeeping mission in the conflict zone.
“In 2014 the prosecution authorities of the Republic of Moldova revived the extremely negative and unfriendly practices of initiating politically motivated criminal cases against officials of Pridnestrovie while exercising their functions”- said Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie Nina Shtanski in an exclusive comment to NOI.md
The journalist was interested in the current socio-economic situation in the country, the situation on the Pridnestrovian-Ukrainian border, as well as the position of Pridnestrovie regarding information spread by some Ukrainian media.
April 28, 2014 marked the 20th anniversary since the signing of the Statement by the leaders of Moldova and Pridnestrovie which launched “urgent” process of negotiations between the parties “on the whole range of issues of mutual interest”.
Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski gave an interview to the Russian Life News TV Channel.
In her interview to Channel One Russia, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski told in detail about multilateral blockade that Pridnestrovie was subjected to.
Today, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski gave an interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda in Moldova.
Today, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for the International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski answered the questions of a 24-hour TV Channel “Russia 24”.
Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister of the PMR Nina Shtanski congratulated the readers of the republican newspaper “Pridnestrovie” on the occasion of the New Year and Christmas.
Free Trade Area Agreement between EU and Moldova leaves out specific features of Pridnestrovian economy – Foreign Minister of the PMR Nina Shtanski told taking questions from “Vesti. Economy”.
Today, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski gave an interview to the Belarusian TV channel “Stolichnoye Televidenie” (“STV”).
Today Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR on Issues of International Cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski gave interview to the correspondent of the Danish Newspaper “Jyllands-Posten” Michael Kuttner.
