Working meeting of political representatives on behalf of Chisinau, Tiraspol held in Bender

Chisinau, 19 November /MOLDPRES/ - The political representatives in the process of negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement on behalf of Chisinau and Tiraspol today had a working meeting at the Bender-based headquarters of the OSCE Mission in Moldova.    

According to the Reintegration Policies Bureau, Oleg Serebrian re-brought to focus the issue of those eight Latin-script education institutions which, despite the things earlier agreed upon, continue to be subjected to unjustified pressure on behalf of Tiraspol.     

The chief negotiator on behalf of Chisinau emphasized the existence of barriers to free movement in the Transnistrian region, especially for representatives of mass media and associative sector from the right bank of Dniester. Serebrian evoked recent cases of restricting the movement for a group of writers who were set to visit the Alexandr cel Bun Theoretical Lyceum from the Bender city, as well as for the employees of the Studio-L regional TV station from the Causeni city, illegally stopped by power-wielding structures from the Transnistrian region. Oleg Serebrian pointed to the fact that mass media representatives from the right bank of Dniester must have right to exercise their profession freely in the Transnistrian region, just as the journalists from the left bank of Dniester are able to do this in the perimeter checked by the constitutional authorities.      

Given the lack of a positive dynamic as regards the observance of the human rights in the Transnistrian region, Oleg Serebrian asked to cease the persecutions under the pretext of the so-called extremism and reiterated the call to set free Ermurachi M., Dimov Al., Derebcinschii S., Pogorlețchii V., Menzarari S., Malîșev A. and other citizens who are illegally detained by the Transnistrian structures.      

The sides also discussed the obstacles artificially created by Tiraspol to the farmers from the Dubasari district. A group of representatives of the owners of farmlands placed beyond the Camenca-Tiraspol highway informed about a multitude of difficulties they faced as a result of the unilateral measures of the Tiraspol structures and filed a string of technical measures to overcome the problems.  

At the meeting, the Chisinau side proposed the starting of a dialogue on aspects regarding the field of statistics data and the need to adjust the methodology of its collection and processing according to the principles applicable in the European Union, including the examination of opportunities to summon competent experts from both banks of Dniester.  

The political representatives agreed on the need to summon, on the next period, more working groups with the participation of experts on behalf of Chisinau and Tiraspol.