Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, OSCE Special Representative for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process, to visit Moldova from 21 to 23 January

CHISINAU, 20 January 2020 – During his visit from 21 to 23 January, the OSCE Special Representative for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting will hold talks with high-level Moldovan officials and the political leadership in Tiraspol.

In his capacity as the Special Representative of the OSCE Albanian Chairmanship, Mayr-Harting will review the current state of affairs in the Transdniestrian settlement process and together with the Sides, will identify the priorities for 2020.

In Chisinau, he is scheduled to meet President Igor Dodon, Prime Minister Ion Chicu, Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Alexandru Flenchea, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Aureliu Ciocoi, as well as leaders of political parties. He will also meet with the resident Ambassadors of the 5+2 mediators and observers, as well as members of civil society.

In Tiraspol, the Special Representative will meet the Transdniestrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky and Chief Negotiator Vitaly Ignatiev.

On 22 January, media representatives are invited to a press briefing with OSCE Special Representative Mayr-Harting and Moldovan Chief Negotiator Flenchea at 11:15 at the Government Building (entrance from Pushkin Street, Chisinau).

On 23 January, a press briefing with Mayr-Harting and Transdniestrian Chief Negotiator Ignatiev will be held at 11:15 am in the Chief Negotiator’s office (Sverdlova 45, Tiraspol).

For more information, please contact Anna Vorobeva, Spokesperson of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, at +373 22 887 846 (landline), +373 69 149 510 (mobile), e-mail: Anna.Vorobeva@osce.org.

For further details, please visit the website of the OSCE Mission to Moldova: http://www.osce.org/moldova/