Political representatives tackled the current issues of the energy sector and other subjects of interest for Chisinau and Tiraspol
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A working meeting of political representatives from Chisinau, Oleg Serebrian and Tiraspol, Vitaly Ignatiev in the process of negotiations for the Transnistrian settlement was held on the initiative of Chisinau, on October 28, 2022 at the headquarters of the OSCE Mission in Tiraspol and was also attended by participants of the ’5+2’ negotiation format.
The main topic of the discussions was the energy crisis and the vulnerabilities to which the residents from the both banks of the Nistru river are exposed in the context of essential volume reduction of energy resources, which envisages adoption of prompt security and energy efficiency measures, identification of alternative ways to supplement the registered deficits and coordination of joint measures; the necessity of maintaining a permanent dialogue between relevant experts and undertaking necessary actions was agreed.
The political representative from Chisinau also tackled the difficulties currently encountered by the "Evrica" Theoretical High School from Ribnita, which during the last two months has been unable to pay utility bills (water, sewerage, consumption of energy resources, etc.); Tiraspol assured that the necessary clarifications will be carried out and the problem will be overcome.
The Chief Negotiator from Tiraspol re-addressed the aspects of the banking sphere and those regarding the implementation of the mechanism for making payments for commercial transactions carried out by companies from the Transnistrian region, approved by the Decision no. 29 dated June 28, 2022 of the Commission for Exceptional Situations; it was specified that the sectoral experts will meet in the nearest future to discuss the technical aspects.
On the issue of the import of different categories of goods in the Transnistrian region (medicines, food products, etc.), the needs were reiterated for complying with the rigors of the legal framework in force, for being registered in the national specialized registers and for complying with the quality and security standards in force.
It was agreed that other working meetings of the political representatives, jointly with the coordinators of some sectoral working groups, will be hold in the nearest future.

