The Head of the PMR Official Representation in the Russian Federation, Leonid Manakov, addressed the participants of the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in an online format. In his speech, he drew attention to the situation with the massive violation of the rights of the Pridnestrovian citizens due to the blockade and restrictive measures on the part of the Republic of Moldova:
A meeting of experts (working groups) on health issues took place today at the OSCE Mission’s office in Tiraspol.
The main topic of the meeting was the situation with the Moldovan side preventing the service of X-ray equipment in the Pridnestrovian medical institutions.
For two months, Moldova has been blocking the transit of X-ray equipment for a computer tomograph at the Republican Hospital for the Disabled of the Great Patriotic War, and has been making unacceptable political demands.
The Foreign Ministry hosted the meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs Vitaly Ignatiev and Doris El Doueihy, Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation to the Republic of Moldova. The meeting was also attended by the ICRC representatives Deepali Gaur and Azat Doskozhaev.
Greeting the guests, Vitaly Ignatiev stressed that international cooperation in the social and humanitarian sphere is of great importance for Pridnestrovie, and in this context, he positively assessed the dynamics of bilateral cooperation.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Moldova, Tadas Valionis, paid a working visit to Tiraspol. PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky received the diplomat. The Ambassador came together with his deputy Egle Blozneliene. Pridnestrovian side was also represented by Minister of Foreign Affairs Vitaly Ignatiev.
The Foreign Ministry hosted the meeting between PMR Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and the European Union delegation led by Dorota Dlouchy-Suliga, the EU representative in the 5+2 negotiating process.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Aleksandr Stetsiuk held a meeting with the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross led by Karina Lehmann. ICRC representatives Tarlan Aghayev and Azat Doskozhaev also took part in the meeting.
Opening the meeting, Alexandr Stetsiuk praised the current level of bilateral relations between Pridnestrovie and the Red Cross and welcomed the humanitarian support which the ICRC provides to refugees who had arrived in the republic.
Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev held a meeting with Thomas Mayr-Harting, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. The meeting was also attended by Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Kelly Keiderling.
Vitaly Ignatiev opened the meeting by noting that international mediation, including that of the OSCE, is necessary for normalizing the dialogue between Pridnestrovie and Moldova. He expressed the hope that joint efforts will help bring the negotiation process out of stagnation and “make certain steps to meet the interests of the people”.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that the Moldovan side released from custody an illegally and innocently convicted Pridnestrovian national Andrey Samoniy, who spent more than three years in detention on the territory of neighboring Moldova.
Today a round table on Interparliamentary Dialogue Towards Maintaining Peace and Stability on the Banks of the Dniester River took place on the platform of the Committee for International Affairs of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation via videoconference.
The PMR foreign ministry hosted a discussion between Vitaly Ignatiev and American political scientist and expert John Kavulich.
John Kavulich is a political scientist, expert, President of US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council and Senior Research Editor of Issue Insight, an analytical portal dealing with international affairs. He has been studying the USSR and the post-Soviet space for more than 35 years.
During the working visit to Moscow, the Pridnestrovian delegation held a number of meetings in Russian state agencies with a view to enhancing bilateral, cross-departmental cooperation.
In particular, communication took place with the Ministry of Health leadership to tackle the broadening of the range and forms of cooperation, including the possibility of providing high-tech and other medical care to Pridnestrovian citizens in specialized federal institutions of Russia.
The Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting between Vitaly Ignatiev and delegations of the Russian Foreign Ministry headed by Alexander Lukashevich, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the OSCE, and Vitaly Triapitsyn, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The meeting was also attended by Alexander Andreev, JCC Co-Chairman from the Russian Federation.
In the context of the ongoing investigation into the terrorist attacks on the PMR territory, the Pridnestrovian side has informed the international mediators and observers of the negotiation process about the car bomb intended for the OSCE delegation during the visit of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Bujar Osmani to Pridnestrovie on February 14.
On the instructions of the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, in connection with the prevented cynical terrorist act against the Pridnestrovian leadership and civilians, official appeals have been sent to the Ukrainian Embassy, Secretary General and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, as well as mediators and observers in the negotiation process.
The letter to the Ukrainian side requested assistance in obtaining clarifications from relevant agencies of Ukraine.
At the Pridnestrovian side’s initiative, an on-line meeting of expert (working) groups on transport and road infrastructure development was held today.
The key issue on the agenda of the meeting was the functioning of the Vehicle Registration Offices in Tiraspol and Rybnitsa.
In this context, the Pridnestrovian side highlighted a concrete workable initiative that can help restore the full functionality of the mechanism in the coming months.
A meeting between PMR President Vadim Krasnoselsky and Michael Carpenter, US Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, took place in the office of the PMR President. Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Kent D. Logsdon also took part in the working discussion.
Today, PMR Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev held working discussions with representatives of a number of friendly states. In particular, he had contacts with Akhsar Dzhioev, Foreign Minister of the Republic of South Ossetia, and Russian Federation officials.
Vitaly Ignatiev and Oleg Serebrian held a meeting in the OSCE Mission office in Tiraspol in the presence of representatives of the mediators and observers.
The key focus of the meeting was on the amendments to the Criminal Code adopted by the Moldovan Parliament, which introduce penalties under such articles as “separatism”, “conspiracy against Moldova” and others.
PMR Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev met with Floris van Eijk, Chargé d’Affaires of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Moldova, at the PMR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
