MOLDOVAN FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS UNITED NATIONS TO MONITOR HUMAN RIGHT SITUATION IN TRANSNISTRIA

Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Aurel Ciocoi has called the world community to create an efficient mechanism for monitoring the human right situation in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova.

On Tuesday, the Moldovan Minister took the floor during the sitting of the High Level Segment of the 43rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held in Geneva, and stressed that in the most serious instances of such violations the international community’s interference is just necessary.

In his address to the forum, the Moldovan Foreign Minister spoke about the particular importance the Moldovan Government attaches to the protection and promotion of human rights and to the judiciary reform implementation. He underlined that a full realization of each citizen’s rights is impossible without an independent, integral and professional justice that guarantees main rights and freedoms.

On the sidelines of the forum, Aurel Ciocoi met with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and discussed with him a range of essential questions on the countries’ bilateral agenda.

The parties confirmed preparedness to continue dialog in various spheres, discussed the bilateral actions scheduled for the current year, including inter-ministerial consultations and a number of high-level meetings.

Aurel Ciocoi once again invited Sergey Lavrov to pay a visit to Chisinau.