On February 28 the regular meeting of the Permanent Conference on the political questions of the Moldovan-Pridnestrovien settlement in 5+2 format (Pridnestrovie and Moldova – as the sides of the negotiations process; Russia, Ukraine and OSCE as the mediators; the EU and the USA as the observers) is going to take place in the capital of Ireland.
On February 21, 2012, International Conference “Eurasian Economic Union: Ways to New Horizons of Integration», organized by Russian Institute of Strategic Research (RISI), was held in Moscow.
Today, Pridnestrovien State University after T.G. Shevchenko hosted the International Round Table “Moldova-Pridnestrovie Settlement: Current State, Challenges and Perspectives” dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of the Permanent Conference for Political Issues in the Framework of the Moldova-Pridnestrovie Settlement Negotiation Process.
Today, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR, there was a meeting of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev with Senior Adviser of the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Bob Deen.
Today Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR hosted the meeting of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev with Head of Official Representative Office of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic in the Republic of Abkhazia Garri Kupalba and Authorized Representative of the Republic of Abkhazia in the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic Alexander Vataman.
On February 17, 2012, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Nina Shtanski held the meeting with the delegation of the Republic of Belarus and State Administration of Tiraspol.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic welcomes the achievement of compromise decision during extraordinary sitting of Joint Control Commission on February 16, 2012.
Today, on February 14, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Moldova Valery Kuzmin met with the students of T.G. Shevchenko State University to hold an open lecture on the priorities of the Russian foreign policy.
On February 13, 2012, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Nina Shtanski held a working meeting with the delegation of the UNICEF Country Office in the Republic of Moldova headed by Alexandra Yuster.
On January 24, 2012, Joint Control Commission was informed, that on January 23, on the territory, including the Security Zone and major part of the Pridnestrovien Moldavian Republic, inspection group from Canada, accompanied by military personnel from National Army of the Republic of Moldova, started the inspection of military units and military objects.
In furtherance of agreements reached in Odessa by President of the PMR Evgeny Shevchuk and Prime-Minister of Moldova Vladimir Filat, on January 31 and February 2, 2012, meetings of experts of Pridnestrovie and Moldova took place.
Therefore it is correct, that our diplomacy did not discuss the topic of peacekeeping format on the Dniester before the elections in 2011 and does not do it now. Moldavian Prime-Minister Vlad Filat also acted without mistake, when he did not focus on this issue on the meeting in Odessa. In the end, how the activity of peacekeeping forces (by the way, not only Russian, but Pridnestrovien and Moldavian) can prevent from resumption of direct telephone communication or full-scale railway service through the PMR?
Today Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PMR hosted the meeting of Acting Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PMR Vitaly Ignatiev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic in the Republic of Moldova Dagmar Repcekova.
A frosty Odessa prepared participants of the negations for a calm, businesslike, and sober approach to the accumulated problems. Professional correctness and pragmatism of the Ukrainian Minister created perfect conditions for efficient negotiations.
The very recognition by Prime-Minister of Moldova of the fact that transformation of the current format of the peacekeeping forces should not be discussed at this point can already be interpreted as a step, or rather a gesture that sounds anew in the policy of a contemporary Moldova.
Problem of resumption of railway communication through the territory of Pridnestrovie was discussed during the meeting of the PMR’s President Evgeny Shevchuk and the head of government of Moldova Vladimir Filat on January 27, 2012, in Odessa.
