The Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov reiterated that the major document that should be used in the Transnistrian conflict settlement talks is the document signed by him, the former President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin and the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in Moscow on March 18, 2009. Igor Smirnov made the statement during a meeting with the EU's Special Representative for Moldova Kalman Mizsei and the Head of the EU's Delegation Dirk Schuebel held in Tiraspol on January 13, Info-Prim Neo reports, quoting the official website of the Transnistrian administration. Igor Smirnov told the European officials that he does not know what the new Moldovan authorities think about the documents that the Transnistrian administration had sent to Chisinau – the agreement on the non-use of military force and other pressure in the negotiation process, the agreement on friendship and cooperation between Transnistria and Moldova, and the agreement on the institution of systems of guarantee in the settlement process. According to Smirnov, the last is the most important document as it says that the parties bear certain responsibility and when one of them does not fulfill their obligations, the guarantor states continue work. Smirnov also said that certain progress was made in the relations between Chisinau and Tiraspol in 2009. “An accomplishment is that we managed to solve certain economic problems by excluding the political aspect. It is possible to improve the living conditions of the people living on the banks of the Nistru without politicizing the issues,” he stressed. The Transnistrian leader said they are in favor of renewing the work of the groups of experts on behalf of Moldova and Transnistria, which were set up earlier. “We did not stop work. The Voronin administration was hindering the cooperation. We are ready to resume work,” he said. The website of the Transnistrian administration says the European officials were satisfied with the discussions and agreed to hold more such meetings.