The Moldovan authorities are in favor of intensifying the dialogue with unrecognized Transnistria within the framework of existing negotiating platforms.

Ukrinform reports that the Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova, Gheorghe Balan, stated this during a meeting in Chisinau with the Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Gubarev.

"The authorities of the Republic of Moldova are open to intensifying the dialogue within all existing negotiating platforms, including working groups of experts," said Belan.

In turn, Gubarev expressed hope for an early resumption of negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement in the "5 + 2" format.

The parties also came to a consensus on the need to concentrate efforts on solving vital problems of residents of both banks of the Dniester.

Earlier, Gubarev said that during his visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol, he plans to discuss a range of issues that will be subsequently included in the agenda of the negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement in the "5 + 2" format with the participation of Moldova and Transnistria, Ukraine, the OSCE and Russia, as well as the EU and the USA.

The Transnistria Moldavian Republic (TMR) proclaimed its independence in 1990. At the same time, no UN member state recognized the TMR as a sovereign state. The "authorities" of the Republic have repeatedly asked Moscow to include it as part of Russia; for example, in 2006, a referendum was held in the country in which 97.2% of local residents voted to join Russia. However, the vote was recognized as legitimate only by Russia.

As reported in early March, Transnistria decided to make the Russian tricolor the second national flag.

  Moldova, Transnistria

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