Press service of the PMR Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented to the Vzglyad newspaper reporter on another “plan” to join Moldova with Romania published in media. Here is the full text of the comment:
“It should be noted that this kind of projects appear not for the first time. However, as experts note, this rhetoric has seemed to be increasingly evident in recent months in the public information field of the RM against the background of the protracted internal political crisis in the neighbouring country.
Acting Foreign Minister of Pridnestrovie Vitaly Ignatiev met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to the Republic of Moldova Matyash Siladi at the MFA of the PMR.
The sides discussed a number of topical issues of bilateral interaction between Pridnestrovie and Hungary in the social and humanitarian sphere, including the prospects for implementation of a number of joint cultural projects in the near future.
A meeting of Acting Foreign Minister of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev with Special Envoy of Ukraine for the negotiation process, Ambassador-at-Large Valery Zhovtenko, who made his first visit to Pridnestrovie took place at the PMR's MFA. The meeting was also attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Moldova Ivan Gnatyshin.
At the initiative of the Pridnestrovian side a meeting of representatives on political issues from Pridnestrovie and Moldova Vitaly Ignatiev and Gheorghe Balan took place in the office of the OSCE Mission in Bendery today.
Expert (working) groups on health issues met in the office of the OSCE Mission in Tiraspol on March 18, 2016. During the meeting the sides exchanged views on a number of topical issues of health care in Pridnestrovie and Moldova.
In particular, the meeting touched upon the methods used to combat socially dangerous infectious diseases, as well as the future prospects of the development of perinatal medicine and immunization.
An open lecture by Deputy Foreign Minister of the PMR Igor Shornikov was held at T.G. Shevchenko State University. In his speech, the diplomat detailed issues of interaction of the PMR with the Russian Federation, as well as the implementation of the foreign policy of the republic towards the Eurasian integration.
Today during the working visit to Moscow Acting Foreign Minister of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev had a meeting with Chairman of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs of the Russian Federation Aleksei Pushkov.
The meeting of Acting Foreign Minister of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev with member of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Olga Timofeeva was held in Moscow.
The head of the foreign ministry in detail informed the senator, representing the city of Sevastopol in the Federation Council, on the current situation in and around the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. At the meeting Vitaly Ignatiev made a special emphasis on the nature and extent of the negative impact of external factors on the socio-economic situation in the republic.
Acting Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev is making the working visit to the capital of the Russian Federation. On March 15, 2016 he met with Leonid Slutsky, a Head of Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian integration and Relations with Compatriots of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
The meeting between Acting Foreign Minister of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Gubarev took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Today, during the working visit to the Russian capital Acting Foreign Minister of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev met with Assistant to Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Special Representative of the Russian President for Pridnestrovie D.O. Rogozin Dmitry Loskutov.
Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR informs that the meeting of political representatives of Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova, previously planned and announced on the official website of the PMR’s MFA, will not take place due to the refusal of the Moldovan side.
Pridnestrovie’s Foreign Ministry opened an exhibition of Pridnestrovian artist, teacher of Tiraspol’s children's art school Olga Rudenko. The event was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister of the PMR Igor Shornikov, Chairman of the Pridnestrovian Union of Artists Sergei Panov, as well as representatives of the creative community of Pridnestrovie.
Olga Rudenko is a participant of international, republican and city exhibitions. This year marks her 30 years as a teacher and 15 years as an artist.
We draw the attention of friends and partners of the foreign ministry of Pridnestrovie to the fact that the official website of the PMR Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now available only at mid.gospmr.org. Electronic resources of Representative offices of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic in the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia, “Diplomatic bulletin of Pridnestrovie” and “Council of Young Diplomats” also have had a new location:
Today, the PMR's MFA hosted a meeting between Acting Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic in the Republic of Moldova Jaromir Kvapil. The Czech diplomat, who is completing his mission, made a final visit to Pridnestrovie.
Pridnestrovie and Moldova’s representatives on political issues Vitaly Ignatiev and Gheorghe Balan met for the first time in five months at the initiative of the Pridnestrovian side at the OSCE office in Kishinev.
The meeting discussed a number of the most pressing issues of concern in the field of freedom of movement, establishment of cooperation in the area of road and rail transport, as well as politically motivated criminal cases opened in the Republic of Moldova against Pridnestrovian citizens.
According to the head of the Foreign Ministry, Pridnestrovie has enough mechanisms and tools in order to protect the interests of citizens in the event of prosecution in Moldova
Answering journalists' questions about how Pridnestrovian citizens can protect their rights in the case when criminal prosecution was opened against them in Moldova for political reasons, Acting Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev emphasized that Pridnestrovians should immediately inform the PMR state authorities about such incidents.
Representatives of Pridnestrovie and Moldova on political issues Vitaly Ignatiev and Gheorghe Balan will meet for the first time in five months at the initiative of the Pridnestrovian side at the OSCE office in Kishinev on March 3, 2016.
