In accordance with the agreement reached during the meeting of representatives on political issues held in the office of the OSCE Mission in Tiraspol on the 13th of August 2015, a meeting of the expert (working) groups on railway communications will take place in the office of the OSCE Mission in Kishinev on August 20 at 11.00. The event will be specifically devoted to the discussion of an issue related to the change of the technological scheme of movement of export and import of goods by rail on the road section “Slobodka –Rybnitsa” made by the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine without agreeing with Pridnestrovie and in violation of Protocol Decision of 30 March 2012. The meeting will be attended by representatives of customs structures of Pridnestrovie and Moldova.
Whereas Pridnestrovie and Moldova’s political representatives Nina Shtanski and Victor Osipov will meet in the “1+1” format in Kishinev at 11.00 on August 21, 2015. This event will be attended by representatives of the state unitary enterprise “Pridnestrovian Railway” and the State Customs Committee of the PMR. During this meeting the Pridnestrovian side intends to continue the discussion of the unilateral change of the technological scheme of movement of goods by rail. The meeting will touch upon the issues related to the lack of response letters of the Moldovan side to a number of requests of Pridnestrovie affected the interests of individual citizens which the parties did not have time to discuss at the meeting on August 13.
We remind that after the meeting of August 13, 2015 the parties also agreed to hold this week a meeting of experts on the termination of criminal cases. However, at present the Moldovan side avoids the organization of such a meeting for unclear reasons. As reported by political representative of Moldova Victor Osipov in official correspondence the Moldovan side will inform Pridnestrovie about the possible date of such a meeting further.
