Official negotiations on the Transnistrian settlement process in the 5+2 format will take place in Berlin on 2 and 3 June 2016. This will be the first round of settlement talks in this format since June 2014.

The two-day meeting will bring together representatives of the sides, mediators and observers in the negotiations – Moldova, the Transnistrian area, the OSCE, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, the US and the EU. The talks will be chaired by Ambassador Cord Meier-Klodt, the Special Representative of the German OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process.