On a Railway Experts Meeting

06/21/20

On June 19, 2020, a meeting of expert (working) groups on railway transport and communications from Pridnestrovie and the Republic of Moldova was held in a videoconference format.

The meeting was focused on current issues of cooperation in the field of rail transportation and long-standing problems impeding economic activity, including oil products carriage ban through the Slobodka-Kolbasna border crossing on the border between Pridnestrovie and Ukraine.

The Pridnestrovian and Moldovan experts also reaffirmed their readiness to extend the Protocol Decision on the Principles of Resuming a Full-Fledged Freight Railway Communication through the Territory of Pridnestrovie of March 30, 2012, until the end of the current year.

Following the discussion, a consolidated opinion was expressed on the need to fulfill existing commitments between the parties and railway enterprises thereof.