On the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pridnestrovie, the OSCE Mission Office in Kishinev hosted the regular meeting of banking subgroups. The Pridnestrovian delegation was led by Vladislav Tidva, Chairman of the Pridnestrovian Republican Bank.
Pridnestrovian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev held a meeting with the heads and members of several expert groups from Pridnestrovie in order to discuss the prospects for further progress within the negotiation process. The list of priority issues includes economics and banks, freight rail services and the participation of Pridnestrovian vehicles in international road traffic, telecommunications, education, legal and documentation support for people.
The routine removal of ionizing radiation sources from Pridnestrovie took place on October 17, 2019.
In particular, the Issledovatel (Researcher) gamma installation was dismantled and removed from the Pridnestrovian Agricultural Research Institute Public Institution. This equipment was used before in agriculture for plant genetics research. It contained 36 Cobalt-60 type IRS.
The OSCE Office in Kishinev hosted a meeting of phytosanitary experts from Pridnestrovie and Moldova.
During the meeting, they discussed in details import of seeds and planting material. The parties started the alignment of agreement on parameters for cooperation in this area.
Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Claus Neukirch. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie Alexander Stetsiuk and Ambassador-at-Large in the rank of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Ruslan Slobodenyuk.
Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry reviewed the reaction of the Moldovan Political Representative Office regarding the number of Moldavian nationals residing in Pridnestrovie and notes with pleasure the sensitivity of Moldavian authorities to the position of the Pridnestrovian President, as well as citing his utterance.
Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting of Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Stetsiuk and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in Pridnestrovie Alexander Vataman.
As a part of dialog, Alexander Stetsiuk noted that the communication with the Republic of Abkhazia is traditionally among the top priorities of the Pridnestrovian Foreign Policy. “A new Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation Between our countries was signed two years ago. Since then, it’s implementing. We’ve done a lot, but we still have to do more,” the diplomat said.
The Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Claus Neukirch. The meeting was also attended by 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 Tatyana Loginova, Minister of Education.
On September 4, experts from Pridnestrovie and Moldova met in the Dubossary district of Pridnestrovie. The meeting was aimed at resolving conflict situation following the quarry development on the territory of the Energetik gardening company by a Moldovan economic agent.
The Pridnestrovian Foreign Ministry hosted the meeting between Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Claus Neukirch. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie Alexander Stetsiuk and Ambassador-at-Large in the rank of Deputy Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie Ruslan Slobodeniuk.
At the invitation of the Abkhaz side, international observers from Pridnestrovie monitored the presidential elections in the Republic of Abkhazia, held on August 25, 2019.
The routine removal of ionizing radiation sources from Pridnestrovie took place on August 21-22, 2019.
214 ionizing radiation sources were removed from institutions and enterprises of Tiraspol and Rybnitsa.
The removal was facilitated by the Republican Centre for Hygiene and Epidemiology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other competent authorities of Pridnestrovie with the participation of representatives of the OSCE Mission and relevant agencies of the Republic of Moldova.
On August 2, 2019, the Agreement between the Government of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and the Government of the Republic of Artsakh On Mutual Establishment of Trade Missions, executed in Stepanakert on November 23, 2018, entered into force, following the completion of the Parties’ internal procedures.
Today, the OSCE Office in Kishinev hosted a meeting of expert (working) groups on railway transport and service.
Within the meeting, the parties exchanged their views on relevant aspects of international freight and passenger traffic via Pridnestrovie. The detailed discussion touched upon, in particular, the prospects of unblocking the Slobodka-Kolbasna checkpoint, including transportation of petroleum products. The parties agreed to make efforts in resolving this issue as soon as possible.
The Pridnestrovian Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev met with the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Claus Neukirch. The meeting was also attended by Deputy Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie Alexander Stetsiuk.
As part of the discussion, the parties provided insight into the current situation in the dialogue between Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova and talked over some prospects for further progress. Significant attention was paid to the issues of telecommunications, criminal proceeding, vehicles and banking interaction.
The MFA of the PMR hosted the meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Claus Neukirch. The Ambassador-at-Large in the rank of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Ruslan Slobodenyuk also participated in the meeting.
Within the work trip to the capital of the Russian Federation Vitaly Ignatiev met with Sergey Gubarev, the Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The meeting was also attended by Vitaly Tryapitsyn, Deputy Director of the Second Department of CIS countries at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Vitaly Ignatiev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR, told Hungarian journalists about Pridnestrovian history, state policy on preservation of archeological heritage and development of international cooperation in cultural and humanitarian fields.
Sandor Cigoth and Budai Daniel shoot a documentary film for Hungarian television about ancient Hungarians on the territory of Pridnestrovie. Within a week filmmakers and Pridnestrovian archeologists will explore the evidence of ancient Hungarians presence on the territory of Pridnestrovie.
