MEDIA ADVISORY
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde to visit Republic of Moldova on 17 FebruaryVIENNA/STOCKHOLM, 16 February 2021 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde will visit Moldova on 17 February for talks with high-level Moldovan officials and the political leadership in Tiraspol.
Linde will hold talks with President Maia Sandu, Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Aureliu Ciocoi, and Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration, Olga Cebotari, as well as the Speaker of the Parliament, Zinaida Greceanii, together with members of the delegation of the Moldovan Parliament to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. In Bender, she will meet with Transdniestrian leader Vadim Krasnoselsky and Chief Negotiator Vitaly Ignatiev.
In Chisinau, she will also meet with the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender, Liliana Palihovici, and members of civil society working on human rights and gender equality issues.
Media representatives are invited to the livestreams of two press briefings: the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Linde with Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Ciocoi on 17 February at 09:30 and on the same day at 17:30 following a meeting with Transdniestrian leader Krasnoselsky and Chief Negotiator Ignatiev in Bender.
Media wishing to view the livestreams are requested to send an email to [email protected] by 8:00 am on 17 February. Details for attendance will be provided following registration.
For more information, please contact Anna Vorobeva, Spokesperson of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, at +373 22 887 846 (landline), +373 69 149 510 (mobile), e-mail: [email protected]
For more information about Sweden's 2021 OSCE Chairpersonship, please visit the OSCE website: https://www.osce.org/chairmanship.
For PDF attachments or links to sources of further information, please visit: https://www.osce.org/chairmanship/478321
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