In order to ensure the epidemiological well-being of population, beginning with 15:00PM, March 16, 2020, the provision of documents legalization applications at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic are temporarily suspended.
The issuance of previously legalized documents to applicants will be carried out in the normal mode on working days from 10:00 to 12:00.
The OSCE Office in Tiraspol hosted the meeting of Expert (Working) Group on transport and road facilities issues.
The sides preliminary agreed (as initiated by Pridnestrovie) to discuss within the meeting the mechanism of drivers’ licenses issuance of agreed sample.
Along with, the parties touched upon problems within Protocol decision of April, 2018 implementation. These problems prevent interested Pridnestrovian drivers to have full access to the Vehicle Registration Office.
The Foreign Ministry of the PMR hosted the meeting between Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović. The PMR Human Rights Ombudsman Vyacheslav Kosinsky and the PMR Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Stetsiuk also attended the meeting.
As announced today beginning with March 10, current year the Republic of Moldova introduces the ban on entry for foreign citizens and stateless persons not having citizenship or a residence permit in the Republic of Moldova who arrive through the Kishinev airport from countries where cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded.
The Expert (Working) Groups on Crime Combating from Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova resumed their activity more than one year later at the OSCE Mission Office in Bendery on March 3, current year.
The meeting was devoted to relevant aspects of law enforcement cooperation and implementation of existing obligations in the framework of the negotiation process.
Particularly, the Pridnestrovian delegation addressed the problems of criminal cases, and specific cases of citizens of the PMR’s arbitrary detention by Moldovan law enforcement agencies.
On February 28, 2020 the OSCE Mission office in Tiraspol held the meeting of expert (working) groups on education from Pridnestorvie and the Republic of Moldova.
Experts discussed in detail certain problems faced by Pridnestorvian graduates traveling outside the country to continue their studies or employment.
During the meeting, the parties also discussed some aspects of schools teaching in Romanian and functioning in Pridnestorvie.
The II International Drawing Contest “Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Pridnestrovie: the heirs of the Great Victory” starts on March 1, 2020.
The event is dedicated to the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War and the 30th independence anniversary of Pridnestrovie, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The project is organized by the Official Representations of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia in Pridnestrovie and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.
The Pridnestrovian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev met with the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Head of Department for Russia, Belarus, the Republic of Moldova, the CIS, the countries of Eastern Europe, Transcaucasia, Central Asia, the Eastern Partnership and the Black Sea cooperation Tobias Tunkel. The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the German Federal Republic to the Republic of Moldova Angela Ganninger.
The Pridnestrovian Ministry of Foreign Affairs held the meeting between the Foreign Minister of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and the Head of the Netherlands Embassy Office Mr. Floris Van Eijk.
The Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry draws attention to the inadmissible confrontational speech character of the Minister of MFAEI, A. Chokoy at the 43rd Regular UNO Session on Human Rights, on February 25, 2020.
The OSCE Mission office in Kishinev held the meeting of expert (working) groups on Economic Issues. During the meeting the parties discussed a wide range of issues in the field of mutual trade; Pridnestrovian enterprises engaged in foreign economic activity; existing contradictions on legal paperwork meant to accompany the export operations. The Pridnestrovian side urged the Moldovan representatives not to undertake any measures that could possibly lead to an aggravation of the Pridnestrovian agents’ situation.
The Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between the Minister Vitaly Ingnatiev and the Head of OSCE Mission to Moldova Claus Neukirch. The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie Alexander Stetsiuk and Ambassador-at-Large in the rank of Deputy Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie Ruslan Slobodeniuk.
Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting with the delegation of the Council of Europe. CoE Delegation was represented by Anna Capello, Head of Confidence Building Measures Division of the Council of Europe's Directorate of Political Affairs and William Massolin, Head of Council of Europe Office in Moldova. Pridnestrovie was represented by Alexander Stetsiuk, Deputy Foreign Minister and Alla Nikolyuk, Minister of Education.
The small hall of the Palace of Republic held the extended reporting meeting of the Pridnestrovian Ministry of the Foreign Affairs Collegium; it was dedicated to summing up the work of the department in 2019.
The OSCE Mission office in Kishinev hosted the meeting of Expert (Working) Groups on Customs Issues. During the meeting, the sides had a detailed and vital exchange of views on the relevant topical agenda.
Today the OSCE Mission office in Tiraspol hosted the meeting of specialists from Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova to discuss issues of plant quarantine, plant protection and veterinary medicine. During the meeting, the parties paid close attention to the import parameters of a wide range of special freight.
On February 4, the Expert (Working) Groups on Telecommunication from Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova resumed their activity one year later at the OSCE Mission Office in Kishinev.
As part of business trip to the capital of the Russian Federation, the Pridnestrovian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vitaly Ignatiev met with Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Gubarev. The meeting, held at the Russian Foreign Ministry, was also attended by Deputy Director of the Second Department of the CIS Countries Vitaly Tryapitsyn.
The Administration of the Russian Federation’s President held the meeting between the President of Pridnestrovie Vadim Krasnoselsky and the Deputy Head of the Russian Federation’s Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak.
During the meeting, the Head of State praised the intensity of bilateral working contacts, stressing out that the Russian Federation is a key partner of Pridnestrovie and that relations with it are strategic for the Republic.
