Meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister for reintegration with the representatives of the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office

Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebrian met with the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transnistrian settlement process Thomas Mayr-Harting and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Special Envoy Artur Dmochowski who came to the Republic of Moldova on a working visit.

The officials reviewed the latest developments on the Transnistrian issue, the current situation in the region and in the Security Zone, the dynamics of the dialogue between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the most current issues that require increased attention.

Deputy Prime Minister for reintegration drew attention to some issues that require a mobilization of joint efforts to overcome them, such as evacuating the infrastructure of unauthorized checkpoints in the Security Zone, removing excessive restrictions on free movement in the East of the country, ensuring permanent access of farmers on agricultural lands in Dubasari district, the improvement of the human rights situation in the Transnistrian region, the proper functioning of educational institutions teaching in Romanian, etc.

The situation in the interaction formats at the level of political representatives and sectoral working groups was also discussed, encouraging the maintenance of a constructive and productive dialogue within them in order to generate technical and viable solutions to the current issues on the agenda.

It was agreed on the need for continuous coordination of positions and actions on various issues related to the Transnistrian issue.