Moldovan deputy premier meets members of Group for Moldova of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

18:35 | 14.06.2016 Category: Official

Chisinau, 14 June /MOLDPRES/ - Deputy Prime Minister Gheorghe Balan today received a delegation made up of members of the Group for Moldova of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. The delegation pays a working visit to Moldova on the present situation and prospects for the Transnistrian settlement process, the Bureau for Reintegration has reported.

At the meeting, Gheorghe Balan said that the current cabinet’s efforts were aimed at identifying a viable solution to the Transnistrian problem, due to provide for a special legal status for Transnistria, in conditions of ensuring Moldova’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Balan reviewed the latest developments in the negotiating process. The deputy prime minister referred to a wide spectrum of subjects on the sides’ working agenda, as well as to the results of the permanent conference on political issues in the Transnistrian settlement process (the five-plus-two negotiations), held in Berlin on 2-3 June. The delegation was also informed about preparations for the future Bavarian Conference on confidence building measures in the Transnistrian conflict settlement process, due in next July.

Gheorghe Balan stressed the government’s firm commitment to back the residents from the Transnistrian region, by extending the single spaces into the region and continuously promotion of confidence building measures. He highlighted the boosting of the activity of the sectoral working groups, positive achievements recorded in the ecology and education fields, as well as the importance to foster the interaction between experts in the telecommunications, motor transport, etc.

The European lawmakers thanked for the substantive dialogue and gave assurances that they would further provide the needed political support for the Transnistrian problem settlement, by observing the territorial integrity of Moldova.

The deputy prime minister praised the constant support provided by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to Moldova in the Transnistrian settlement process.

(Editor A. Raileanu)

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