The west ready to settle Transdnestr conflict without Russia

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A second international conference on the Transdnestr conflict resolution in the context of Moldova's European integration is going to be held in Chisinau on March 26-27.

The conference is to be attended by: ambassador of Great Britain to Moldova John Beyer; EU special representative for Moldova Kálmán Mizsei; head of EC delegation to Moldova Cezare de Montis; under secretary of Lithuania's foreign ministry Zygimantas Pavilionis; chairman of Moldova's parliament Marian Lupu; deputy head of OSCE mission to Moldova Claus Neukirch; Moldova's minister for reintegration Vasile Sova; head of OSCE mission to Moldova, ambassador Philip N. Remler, deputy secretary of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Viktor Tkachuk, US ambassador to Moldova Michael D. Kirby, France's ambassador to Moldova Pierre Andrieu, and state secretary of Romania's foreign ministry Dana Raduta Matache.

Report of Moldova's president Vladimir Voronin is expected to be the meeting's central event. Representatives of Moldovan and Russian foreign ministries are also to attend the conference.

The following experts are expected to present reports: Ion Sturza, president of Foreign Policy Association (APE); Oazu Nantoi, director, Institute for Public Policy (IPP); Viorel Cibotaru, director at European Institute for Political Studies in Moldova; Sorin Mereacre, Eurasia Foundation's country director for Moldova; Andrei Popov, executive director at the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova (APE); Tamara Guzenkova, leading expert at the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies; Vladimir Socor, senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation (Washington); Grigoriy Perepelitsa, director of Foreign Policy Research Institute of Ukraine; Igor Botan, executive director, Association for Participatory Democracy; Andrew Wilson, senior policy fellow at the European Council of Foreign Relations (London); Annelli Ute Gabanyi, political analyst, former researcher at the German Institute International Politics and Security; Iulian Chifu, director, Center for Conflict Prevention (Bucharest); Gottfried Hanne, ex- deputy head of OSCE mission to Moldova; Arcadie Barbarosie, executive director, Institute for Public Policy.

Transdnestr at the conference is to be represented by Valeri Litskai, Transdnestr's political envoy for Transdnestr conflict settlement, and Ilya Galinsky, director at the Center for Strategic Studies Perspectiva.