RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE TO TRANSNISTRIA DISCUSSED IN MOSCOW

The complex of issues, connected with providing of multi-dimensional Russian assistance to the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan republic for supporting socio-economic stability in the region were discussed by Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and president of PMR Vadim Krasnoselsky in Moscow on Thursday.

According to the Russian Ministry, a separate attention was given to the condition and perspective of the negotiation process of the Transnistrian settlement, including the results of the recent 5+2 meeting in Bratislava.

The high officials confirmed the relevance of this format for contributing to resolving practical issues of interaction between the two sides of the Dniester River.

“The need of complete implementation of agreements, achieved by Chisinau and Tiraspol in 2017-2018 was stressed. Also, it was pointed at the positive role of the continuation of contacts between the sides at all levels, including the highest one”, the Russian ministry reports.

The press service of the Tiraspol leader, Krasnoselsky focused the attention on the problem of granting Russian citizenship to Transnistrian people, regarding as imperative the revising of legislative barriers, which hinder the receiving of Russian citizenship by Transnistrian compatriots, especially those born after December 26, 1991.

He also pointed at the initiatives on using maternal capital, provided by the Russian Federation, in the territory of Transnistria and on issuing of Russian medical insurance policies to Transnistrians for using them in the territory of Russia.

The meeting was organized in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was also attended by Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department for CIS Countries Alexey Polishchuk, President Putin’s Special Envoy at the Transnistria Negotiations, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Sergey Gubarev and Transnistrian minister of foreign affairs Vitaly Ignatiev.