The PMR President opened the meeting with the delegation in the "3 + 2" format

The PMR President met in Tiraspol with mediators and observers in the negotiation process. The delegation that arrived in the Pridnestrovian capital is represented in the "3 + 2" format. It is numerous, approximately twenty officials. Some of the arrivals are frequent visitors to the republic, this is the first acquaintance with Pridnestrovie for others. The diplomatic group includes Vitaly Tryapitsyn and Andrey Gorobtsov (RF), Viktor Kryzhanovsky and Artem Torkaenko (Ukraine), Richard Tibbels and Peter Michalko (EU), George Kent (USA), Thomas Mayr-Harting, Claus Neukirch, Anna Lyberg (OSCE) and others. On the Pridnestrovian side in addition to the President there were the Head of the PMR Presidential Administration Sergei Belous, Chairman of the Supreme Council Alexander Korshunov, Vice Speaker of the Pridnestrovian Parliament Galina Antyufeyeva, the PMR Foreign Minister Vitaly Ignatiev and his deputy Alexander Stetsyuk. In addition, State Adviser to the PMR President Anna Volkova, representing the Advisory Assembly of the first Pridnestrovian deputies, and the leadership of public organizations: Vladimir Ladunkin (Public Chamber of the PMR), Yuri Cheban (PPF), Petr Bogutsky (Union of Ukrainians of Pridnestrovie), Viorica Kokhtareva (Union of Russian Communities of Pridnestrovie), Sergei Sandu (Union of Moldovans of Pridnestrovie).

The meeting was organized at the site of the House of Official Receptions of the Administration of the PMR President. The event is supposed to be held in two stages. The PMR President in the first part will outline the agenda and speak out on all points. The list of topical issues for the Pridnestrovian side is structured. It identifies both topics that have a long and rather rich history and new aspects of the negotiation process that require detailed discussion and decision-making. The guests were offered an active form of dialogue with the current exchange of information, opinions and suggestions. It is proposed in the second part of the discussion event to focus on the participation of representatives of the Pridnestrovian public in the conversation. Their invitation is a novelty for this kind of international meeting. This is the initiative of Vadim Krasnoselsky.