Moldovan President, Igor Dodon, will meet today, January 4th, the new leader of Tiraspol, Vadim Krasnoselskii.

During the meeting, which will take place in Bender, the two will discuss the evolution of relations between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the measures to be taken to improve the process of negotiations on the Transnistrian region conflict settlement.

Vadim Krasnoselskii was elected head of the Transnistrian region administration in early December, 2016.

He has accumulated more than 60 percent of the vote, while his main rival, former leader of Tiraspol, Shevchuk won only 28 percent of the vote.