The first round of Transnistrian conflict settlement talks in the 5+2 format this year will be held in Vienna on February 27-28, under the aegis of the Swiss and Serbian OSCE Chairmanship, IPN reports.

According to a communiqué from the Reintegration Office, at the end of the round the political representatives of Chisinau and Tiraspol, Eugen Carpov and Nina Shtanski, will hold a joint press briefing through videoconferencing in Vienna.

The talks will be chaired by Ambassador Radojko Bogojević, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for the Transnistrian settlement process on behalf of Serbia.