Transdniestrian leader calls for resuming multilateral settlement talks

CHISINAU. Oct 24 (Interfax) - Vadim Krasnoselsky, leader of the unrecognized Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic, has called for resuming talks in the 5+2 format, Krasnoselsky's press service said on Tuesday.

He expressed hope for resuming negotiations "in the traditional 5+2 format" at a meeting with the head of the OSCE Delegation to Moldova Kelly Keiderling in Tiraspol.

"At this stage, the negotiation tools are used ineffectively, meetings often have no practical value, and the decisions taken not just fail to solve outstanding problems but also aggravate the situation," he said.

"The current geopolitical situation does not help develop the negotiating process," Krasnoselsky said.

The latest expanded meeting in the 5+2 format (Moldova, Transdniestria, Russia, Ukraine, and the Organization for Co-operation and Security in Europe, and observers from the European Union and the United States) took place in Bratislava in 2019, and the format has been frozen since then.

Plans to convene a 5+2 meeting in Warsaw within the OSCE framework were announced early last year, but the meeting was called off over the Ukraine situation.