"OLVIA-PRESS"

EXPERTS' CONSULTATIONS ON MOLDAVIAN-DNIESTRIAN SETTLEMENT

WILL GO ON IN TIRASPOL.

Today in Tiraspol there took place the meeting of the DMR President Igor Smirnov with the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova David Schwarz, the plenipotentiary representative of the Ukrainian President in the negotiation process Piotr Chaly, and with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the RM Pavel Petrovski. The Dniestrian minister of foreign affairs Valery Litskay also participated in the meeting.

As it became known to the press agency "Olvia-press", discussion of outcomes of Kishinev consultations' round on Moldavian-Dniestrian settlement was the topic of the negotiations.

The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova David Schwarz said after the meeting, "We arrived here to inform the Dniestrian authority about the work carried out by us during Kishinev rounds of the sitting on Moldavian-Dniestrian settlement. By his words, he was satisfied by the work of Kishinev sitting. At the same time, as David Schwarz mentioned, "it is very important that all problems impeding the work with political issues should be removed and resolved as soon as possible". The Head of the OSCE Mission defined more accurately that he meant the parties' fulfillment of agreements achieved before. He also mentioned that by October 1^st, the parties' experts' groups would have to present detailed reports about the accomplished work. Besides, as David Schwarz informed an agreement had been reached that Tiraspol round of quanta-lateral consultations within frames of the Permanent convention of representatives of Moldova, Dniestria, Russia, Ukraine, and the OSCE would start on September 18^th.

The DMR minister of foreign affairs Valery Litskay also expressed his opinion about the today's meeting. "The mediators intend to maintain the dialogue constantly, and because of that they expressed willingness to meet with the presidents of Moldova and Dniestria. I should say that Vladimir Voronin has not received the mediators: he is on vacation. Whereas the meeting with the DMR President Igor Smirnov has taken place today", the head of the Dniestrian MFA remarked.

By words of the DMR minister of foreign affairs, "a large exchange of opinions (including economic issues) took place in Tiraspol". Besides, a number of proposals, developed by the Dniestrian experts, were presented at the meeting.

"Today we presented a protocol decision on the problem of trade-and-industry chambers and certificates as well as on the Memorandum of the guarantor-countries on unconditional fulfillment of agreements. To their turn, the mediators took a responsibility upon them to inform the Moldavian side about it", Valery Litskay said.

The DMR minister of foreign affairs remarked, "Today's meeting was rather useful, and I think we will carry out such consultations periodically, so that the point of view of the Dniestrian authority would directly reach the guarantors and mediators.