Today, the Foreign Ministries of friendly countries - the Republic of Abkhazia and South Ossetia - sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR notes on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the Bendery tragedy.
Abkhazian diplomats expressed sympathy to Pridnestrovians. The note of the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia reads: “We are sure that this day will remain forever in the memory of the people of Pridnestrovie. We grieve with you”
A meeting with the delegation of the “Crisis Management Initiative” (CMI) was held by Deputy Foreign Minister of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev. Taking part in the meeting at the MFA of the PMR were Roxana Cristescu, the Head of CMI's Programme in Eastern Europe & Caucasus, as well as Programme Advisers Denis Matveev and Jale Sultanli.
The representatives of the organization described the activities of CMI on the track of the Moldova-Pridnestrovie settlement, and also informed of a number of planned activities.
Today, a meeting between Deputy Foreign Minister of the PMR Igor Shornikov and representatives of the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) was held in the MFA of PMR. The meeting was attended by delegates of the organization Sascha Düerkop and Jens Jockel, Deputy Head of the State Service for Sports of the PMR Vasily Utin, Head of the Mass Sports Department of the State Service for Sports of the PMR Oleg Dubrovin.
Deputy Prime Minister of the PMR for International Cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski stated that during a special interview given to the “Channel 5”(St. Petersburg) for the programme “Otkrytaya Studia” (Open Studio) dedicated to the situation in Pridnestrovie.
Today Deputy Prime Minister for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister of the PMR Nina Shtanski sent congratulations to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov on the state holiday - Russia Day.
The Minister emphasized in her congratulatory message that the 12th of June symbolizes the unity and cohesion, the true patriotism and unshakable will of the great Russian people, fully felt in Pridnestrovie.
On June 2, 2015 Moscow hosted an International Conference on Life under sanctions: international experience. The event was organized by the Faculty of Economics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the CIS Institute.
A regular meeting of the Public Expert Council was held in the MFA of the PMR. The meeting was attended by the leaders and members of public associations, representatives of scientific and artistic circles, and the PMR’s authorities. Deputies Minister of Foreign Affairs Vitaly Ignatiev and Igor Shornikov, RISS Deputy Director Tamara Guzenkova participated in the meeting.
Today, on the initiative of the Pridnestrovian side Foreign Ministry of the PMR hosted the meeting between Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski and Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Moldova Pirkka Tapiola.
The discussion focused on the current economic situation in Pridnestrovie, promptly deteriorating in the context of increasing pressure by Moldova and Ukraine. The sides discussed prospects for the future economic interaction of Pridnestrovie and the European Union.
“Now it is important to demonstrate to the whole world and first of all to the people of Pridnestrovie, that in a difficult moment Russia will always be there in terms of security of the whole region, the republic, in terms of political stability, diplomatic negotiations.
Today on the Child Protection Day three new kindergartens were ceremonially opened in Pridnestrovie - “Kapitoshka” in Tiraspol, “Volshebnaya Romashka” (Magic Daisy) in Bendery and “Kolosok” (Spikelet) in Sukleia built within the Russian Federation socio-humanitarian programme ANO “Eurasian Integration”.
This was the statement of the Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski during an interview with the special correspondent of RBC TV-Channel in the context of increasing blockade measures by Ukraine against Pridnestrovie.
The sides continued to work on the harmonization of the document regulating the interaction of the OSCE Mission and Pridnestrovie
Today the meeting of Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Minister for Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski with Director of the Conflict Prevention Centre, Deputy Head of the OSCE Secretariat Adam Kobieracki took place in the Foreign Ministry of Pridnestrovie. OSCE Mission representatives in Moldova also participated in the meeting.
On the initiative of the British side the Foreign Ministry hosted a meeting of Nina Shtanski, Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs with Sarah Swinford, Head of Department, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate , Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Yesterday, on May 21, 2015, the director of the Dniester-Prut Centre of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies was detained at the airport in Kishinev and then deported to the Russian Federation.
This was what Deputy Prime Minister of the PMR for International Cooperation, Foreign Minister Nina Shtanski declared during an interview with the special correspondent of Radio “Sputnik Moldova” (MIA “Russia Today”) in the context of the situation concerning Moldova’s refusal to renew the license of the “KVINT” plant.
Today, on the initiative of the British side the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR hosted a working meeting of Deputy Chairperson of the Government of the PMR for International Cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nina Shtanski with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Great Britain to the Republic of Moldova Philip David Batson.
Today, on May 18, 2015, the Kishinev OSCE Mission Office after half a year pause hosted a meeting of expert (working) groups on education of Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova.
During the today meeting between political representatives of Pridnestrovie and Moldova Nina Shtanski and Viktor Osipov the parties discussed the current situation of denial to extend a license for ZAO Tiraspol Wine&Brandy Distillery “KVINT”.
