OSCE Mission to Moldova

VIENNA, 10 September 2012 – Official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement will take place in Vienna on 12 and 13 September.

The two-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 and video footage from the opening session on 12 September will be made available by the OSCE Mission to Moldova.

Following the end of the session a press briefing by Ambassador Fouéré, Ambassador 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 13 September at approximately 13:30 CEST (Vienna time), 14:30 EEST (Chisinau time) to watch the press briefing, and ask questions.

For more information, please contact the OSCE Mission to Moldova Press Office, Per Enerud +373 22 887 813 (landline), + 373 69 11 38 01 (mobile).