Transnistrian authority again refused to attend the meeting of the Health Care Working Group which was requested for today in video-conference format at the headquarters of the OSCE Mission to the Republic of Moldova.

The working group was to meet at 11 a.m., to discuss a number of topics related to the management of the epidemiological situation in the Republic of Moldova, including the Transnistrian region, access to medical services, the right to health and other relevant issues. However, Tiraspol announced on Monday evening that they would not attend the meeting, citing new speculative reasons.

In this context, the political representative of Moldova in the Transnistrian settlement, Cristina Lesnic, expressed her regret about this flawed decision, which does not ensure the cooperation at the level of medical experts in the field of health, to provide quality medical services to citizens.