Vlad Filat talks with Igor Smirnov over the phone

Prime Minister Vlad Filat on Thursday evening had a telephone conversation with the leader of the Transnistrian region Igor Smirnov, with whom he discussed the situation of journalist Ernest Vardanyan and Ilie Cazac, Info-Prim Neo reports. “We discussed a number of subjects, including a problem that is important to me – the situation of the two detainees,” the Premier said, adding he cannot give more details yet. Ernest Vardanyan and Ilie Cazac are accused of spying for Moldova. Vlad Filat had a meeting with Igor Smirnov on August 25, during a football match that was played in Tiraspol.