Voronin, Smirnov and Medvedev likely to meet in Moscow on March 18

Vladimir Voronin, Igor Smirnov and Dmitry Medvedev will meet in Moscow on March 18, Novyi Region Agency reports, quoted by Info-Prim Neo. The Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov told the local press that he received an invitation from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The normalization of the relations between the two banks of the Nistru will be one of the major topics of the meeting, he said. Igor Smirnov admitted that he has yet other priorities that he will raise at the meeting, namely the improvement of the economic life in the region, cooperation with Russian companies and identification of new markets for the Transnistrian products. Contacted by Info-Prim Neo, the spokesperson for the Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin could not confirm that a meeting was scheduled for March 18. “We do not possess information because we do not have the agenda for the next week,” said Natalia Visanu, the spokeswoman for the Presidential Office.