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Protecting children from trafficking should be top priority for Moldova
November 01, 2011OSCE/ Chisinau – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, during her visit to Moldova today called on the country to continue improving measures to prevent human trafficking...
Interview: OSCE Protracted-Conflicts Ambassador Measures Progress In 'Millimeters'
October 01, 2011By Robert Coalson -- Lithuanian diplomat Giedrius Cekuolis is the OSCE Chairmanship's special representative for protracted conflicts. His arduous mandate includes the disputes over Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region, the Nagorno-Karabakh region...
Resumption Of Talks On Moldova's Trandniester Conflict Is Only A Small First Step
October 01, 2011By Robert Coalson -- The announcement that official talks are to resume in the so-called 5+2 format aimed at resolving Moldova's long-standing conflict with the breakaway Transdniester region has been hailed as a small but important bit of progress...
‘5+2’ negotiations on Transdniestrian settlement resumed in Moscow
September 22, 2011The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, welcomed today’s agreement in Moscow to resume official ‘5+2’ negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement. “This is a key step for progress in...
OSCE appeals to Russia to finalize withdrawal of its troops from the ex-soviet Republic of Moldova
July 10, 2011Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Today the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, which provides a forum for parliamentary diplomacy, monitors elections, and strengthens international cooperation to uphold commitments on political, security, economic...
Resolution of protracted conflicts crucial for OSCE, Lithuanian President says
April 13, 2011Protracted conflicts are of key importance to the OSCE, and efforts to resolve them are crucial to unity among the Organization’s 56 participating States, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite told the OSCE Permanent Council today. Grybauskaite...
5+2 meeting focuses on resumption of official negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement
April 06, 2011Resumption of the official negotiations in the Transdniestrian settlement process was the focus of a 4-5 April informal meeting of the participants in the 5+2 Transdniestrian settlement process chaired by the Special Representative of the Lithuanian...
Moscow signals interest in Berlin initiative on Transnistria
April 03, 2011On March 29 in Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with his Moldovan counterpart, Iurie Leanca, on resuming and advancing a resolution of the Transnistria conflict (Moldpres, March 30; Nezavisimaya Gazeta, March 31). European Union and Moldovan...
Next 5+2 meeting will take place in April
February 18, 2011The next 5+2 meeting between the 7 participants in the Transnistrian conflict settlement will be organized in April, as per the 2011 Plan of the 5+2 work, approved at the Vienna informal meeting of the parties that ended on Tuesday. Along with a discussion...
Vienna hosts first round of 5+2 talks on Transnistria in 2011
February 17, 2011The first round of full-format Transnistrian settlement negotiations in 2011 was held in Vienna on 14-15 February. The Moldovan delegation was led by Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Eugen Carpov, the government's communications and press relations...