The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transnistrian Settlement Process Ambassador Radojko Bogojević on October 30 concluded his visit to Moldova in which he underscored the importance of frequent and substantive direct contacts between Chisinau and Tiraspol, IPN reports.
According to a press release of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, during his four-day visit, Bogojević met in Chisinau with Valeriu Chiveri, the Moldovan Acting Chief Negotiator, and in Tiraspol with Nina Shtanski, the Transnistrian Chief Negotiator. “I welcome the agreement of both sides to meet on a weekly basis after the elections in Moldova, so that we can move forward in the settlement negotiations,” said Bogojević.
Bogojević was joined in his meetings by Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Ambassador Michael Scanlan and both expressed hope that a date for the next round of 5+2 meetings on the Transnistrian settlement will be scheduled for early 2015.
During Bogojević’s visit to the Latin-script school in Rybnitsa, he welcomed the considerable progress made by both sides toward reaching a consensus on the rental payments and functioning of Moldovan-administered Latin-script schools in Transnistria.
Bogojević also visited the site of an obsolete and dangerous industrial cable car network spanning the Nistru River which has now been largely dismantled thanks to the Russian Federation’s Mi-26 heavy lift helicopter, Moldovan and Russian emergency service specialists and cooperation from Transnistria and financial assistance from the European Union. “A common safety threat to the inhabitants on the river banks was resolved through cooperative work,” said Bogojević.
Bogojević and Scanlan reiterated the readiness of the OSCE Chairmanship and the Mission to continue to provide support to the negotiating process.
