Jennifer Brush has high expectations of Ukrainian Chairmanship-in-Office

Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Jennifer Brush has high positive expectations of the rotating Ukrainian Chairmanship-in-Office in 2013, but says that she is also realistic. In an interview for Info-Prim Neo of the series “Year 2012 in Moldova’s and Moldovans’ life” {that was published on December 12, 2012}, the Ambassador said that the Ukrainian Embassy is probably the best informed about the conflict than any embassy in Chisinau. “During my time here dealing with the conflict, the Ukrainians have been extraordinarily constructive and productive. The Ukrainians, I think, kicked off the negotiating process by organizing a meeting in Odessa last year in January, and the Ukrainian representative to the 5+2 talks, by knowing the participants so well, has actually been able to suggest some very good compromises that eventually both sides were able to accept to the benefit of both sides,” said Jennifer Brush. She also said that Sergiy Pyrozhkov, the Ukrainian Ambassador in Chisinau, is not only the dean of the diplomatic corps, but is also a very talented diplomat who very much cares about the future of this region and has had a positive effect on the course of the negotiations. He has made his Embassy colleagues available for many of the working groups. So she would say the Ukrainian Embassy is probably the best informed about the conflict than any embassy in Chisinau. “We're also very encouraged that the Ukrainians have said that resolving the Transnistrian conflict is one of their priorities for their year as OSCE Chairman-in-Office. One of the first demonstrations of this priority is naming Ambassador Andriy Deshchytsia as their special envoy to the talks. I'm very much looking forward to working with Ambassador Deshchytsia through the next year. Certainly, I'm going to appreciate the Ukrainians' very close knowledge of the region and their interest in the region to be prosperous, democratic and stable,” stated the Ambassador. The series of interviews “Year 2012 in Moldova’s and Moldovans’ life” that was launched by Info-Prim Neo on December 6 was opened by Prime Minister Vlad Filat. The interview with the chairman of the Communist Party Vladimir Voronin followed afterward. The next interviews will contain opinions about the performance of the passing year stated by Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar, Mayor of Chisinau Dorin Chirtoaca, Minister of Justice Oleg Efrim, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Vasile Bumacov, expert of the Association for Participatory Democracy ADEPT Corneliu Gurin, director of the National Anticorruption Center Viorel Chetraru, head of the Community of Moldovans in Quebec Ala Mandacanu, and singer Cristofor Aldea Teodorovici.