DUBLIN, 27 November 2012 – Official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement will take place in Dublin from 28 to 30 November.

The three-day meeting will bring together representatives of the sides, mediators and observers in the negotiations – Moldova, Transdniestria, the OSCE, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the US and the EU. The meeting will be chaired by Ambassador Erwan Fouéré, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian settlement process.

Photos from the opening session on 28 November will be made available by the OSCE Mission to Moldova.

At the end of this round a press briefing by Ambassador Fouéré, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, and the Moldovan and Transdniestrian Chief Negotiators, Eugen Carpov and Nina Shtanski, will be broadcast via video link to the OSCE Mission to Moldova.

All media representatives are invited to the OSCE Mission in Chişinău, at Str. Mitropolit Dosoftei, 108, on 30 November at approximately 16:30 GTM (Dublin time), 18:30 EET (Chisinau time) to watch the press briefing, and ask questions.

For more information, please contact the OSCE Mission to Moldova Press Office, Ecaterina Leuca +373 22 887 853 (landline), + 373 69 87 16 54 (mobile).