CHISINAU AND TIRASPOL NEGOTIATORS DISCUSS AGENDA PRIORITIES

The Chisinau and Tiraspol Political Representatives – Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for Country Reintegration Alexandru Flenchea and Transnistrian minister of foreign affairs Vitaly Ignatiev – met at the Tiraspol Office of the OSCE Mission to Moldova on Tuesday and discussed the priorities of the Transnistrian negotiation process agenda.

Moldova’s National Bureau for Country Reintegration reported that the Sides negotiated their work priorities for the nearest future to continue dialog and determine viable solutions. They considered the drafts of protocol decisions present on the negotiation agenda. They also outlined the problems, which Moldovan economic agents are coming across in the Transnistrian region and in the Security Zone “after Tiraspol had introduced some unfounded mandatory payments”.

The negotiators underscored the need to invigorate the work of profiled expert groups, particularly in the spheres of railroad and automobile transport, economy, pharmaceutics, veterinary, phytosanitary services etc.

“Chisinau’s Political Representative Deputy Prime Minister Alexandru Flenchea emphasized the need for continuing of interaction in various negotiation formats to meet all commitments and overcome the difficulties that influence very badly on the populations of both Dniester River sides”, wrote the Bureau for Country Reintegration.

According to the document, Alexandru Flenchea raised the question of human rights observance in the Transnistrian region, highlighting the cases of Moldova citizens Alexander Rjavitin and Oleg Horjan.