Pridnestrovian side affirmed its position about absence of objective obstacles for the next regular meeting within 'Constant council…'

Negotiation process between Pridnestrovie and Moldova and solution of the problems arising between the sides were discussed

The OSCE special representative expressed confidence that more than one meeting in the "5+2" format would be held during the year

The special representative of the OSCE chairman-in-office, Wolf Dietrich Heim, arrived on a working visit in Pridnestrovie

The special representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office met Pridnestrovian President Vadim Krasnoselsky

The sides discussed the prospects of negotiations between Pridnestrovie and Moldova in the context of the forthcoming presidency of the Republic of Austria in OSCE

The foreign ministry has commented on the statement adopted by the OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg on 8-9 December

The head of state thanked Germany's chairperson-in-office for the efforts aimed at forming a climate of constructive work in the negotiation process

The meeting was also attended by the acting foreign minister, Vitaly Ignatyev

In the course of the meeting Pridnestrovian delegation confirmed its principled position that politically motivated criminal cases must be dismissed on the "all for all" principal, the MFA's press service reports

"The existing mechanism of the international negotiation process is in systemic crisis," said Vitaly Ignatyev

"Under basic circumstances the 'small steps' tactics may lead us to success. We are sure of it," underscored the head of state.

Following the results of the meeting in the Pridnestrovie's Foreign Affairs Ministry, the head of the Pridnestrovie's foreign policy department and the Special Envoy of the Acting OSCE Chairman-in-Office Cord Meier-Klodt declared of a need to intensify the negotiation process between Pridnestrovie and Moldova

Pridnestrovie's Acting Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatyev and Special Envoy of an Acting OSCE Chairman-in-Office Cord Meier-Klodt summarized the results of the meeting in the Pridnestrovie's MFA during the interview with journalists

Foreign Affairs Ministry hosts a meeting between the head of the Pridnestrovie's foreign policy department Vitaly Ignatyev and the Special Envoy of the Acting OSCE Chairman-in-Office Cord Meier-Klodt

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According to the deputy foreign minister, this refers to the item stipulating that the sides should be represented by fully empowered political representatives