OSCE discusses the Trandsniestrian settlement negotiating process

Press release 322/2008
8 September, 2008

VIENNA, 8 September 2008 – Mediators and observers in the Transdniestrian settlement negotiating process met today in Vienna to hold consultations in the 3+2 format.

The consultations were chaired by Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office.

“The meeting was a good opportunity to take stock of the negotiation process. All participants in the meeting have agreed to start talks on the status of the Transdniestrian region in the 5+2 format and will try to convince the sides to participate actively,” Talvitie said.

The 3+2 format meeting includes representatives of the mediators - the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the OSCE - as well as the European Union and the United States as observers. The Transdniestrian settlement negotiating process also includes meetings in the 5+2 format with Moldova and Transdniestrian region.

More information: First Secretary Mikko Kivikoski, Finland's Permanent Mission to OSCE, tel. +43 664 851 5536