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Moldovan deputy premier meets OSCE Special Representative

12:50 | 07.09.2017 Category: Official

Chisinau, 7 September /MOLDPRES/- Deputy Prime Minister Gheorghe Balan met Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Wolf Dietrich Heim on 6 September, who was accompanied by Ambassador Michael Scanlan, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, as well as by other OSCE experts, the Bureau for Reintegration has reported.

The officials exchanged opinions on developments recorded in negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement and settlement of the most pressing problems faced by the people from both banks of the Dniester. In particular, Balan pointed out the need to remove artificial obstacles to the free movement of persons, goods and services between the two banks, including ensuring the necessary conditions for the well-functioning of Latin script schools in the Transnistrian region, unblocking the access of farmers from Dubasari district to the agricultural lands, opening the bridge over the Dniestre river between Gura Bacului and Bacioc etc.

Balan reiterated the importance of gradual progress in the negotiation process with the assumption of joint commitments and identification of comprehensive solutions to the current issues on the agenda of negotiations.

In the context, the deputy premier noted he would work to keep the existing dialogue platforms and would actively interact with the relevant partners to ensure the continuity of negotiations in the 5+2, 1+1 formats, sectoral working groups and to determine viable solutions to all the problems on the agenda of negotiations.

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