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• Foreign affairs were high on President’s agenda after he returned from vacation, firstly he attended 60th UN General Assembly in New York. Moldovan President had a number of bilateral meetings while in US, namely with Havier Solana, Council of Europe Secretary General; Nick Burns, Secretary on political affairs of the US State Department; Steven Mann, State Department negotiator on Eurasia conflicts; Traian Basescu, Romanian President as well as representatives of other international organisations (UNICEF, UNDP, etc). At issue during the meetings were regional security, international assistance in securing Moldovan-Ukrainian border, Transnistrian conflict resolution.
  Official press remained tight-lipped on whether international moguls proposed concreted assistance and guarantees mechanisms to support Chisinau in settling Transdnistrian conflict. Nor did it release any information on whether President Voronin met President Putin, and if so, did Transnistria came up during discussions.
  During the 60th UN General Assembly session President Voronin signed a number of international treaties: Optional Protocol to International Pact on Civil and Political Rights adopted on December 16, 1996 in New York; Optional Protocol to Convention against Torture and other Inhuman Treatment adopted on December 18, 2002 in New York; International Convention on Suppressing Nuclear Terrorism, adopted on April 13, 2005 in New York.

• Back from in USA, on September 21 President Voronin paid a brief visit to Ukraine. The Two Presidents talked resuming negotiations on Transnistrian conflict resolution within a new format by involving EU and US.
  President Voronin and Yushenko signed a joint address to OSCE on preparations for democratic elections in Transnistria. An OSCE evaluation mission is to be invited to present recommendations to the future international election commission in view of preparing and hosting democratic elections to Supreme Council of Transnistria.
  The Two Presidents also talked cooperation with EU in monitoring Moldovan-Ukrainian border as of December 1, 2005.
  Voronin and Yushenko asked Moldovan and Ukrainian customs to coordinate the procedures for declaring the goods crossing Transnistrian portion of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border in line with the laws of the two countries. Noteworthy, previous attempts by Moldovan authorities to win full support of their Ukrainian counterparts on this issue have failed.

• On September 25 Vladimir Voronin met in Iasi his Romanian counterpart, Traian Basescu. High on the agenda were bilateral relations, regional and international cooperation. Transnistrian conflict resolution was yet another central issue on the agenda. Traian Basescu pledged Romania’s full support in Republic of Moldova reintegration.
  Economy took centre stage in the relations between the two countries as the Two Presidents reviewed prospects of joint energy programs to be funded by European community.
  Finally, Voronin and Basescu talked cooperation between the two countries in view of EU integration. Romanian President offered his country’s assistance to Republic of Moldova in implementing acquis comunitar and EU-Republic of Moldova Action Plan.
  On the eve of the meeting, Romanian border control denied access of several buses with Moldovan citizens to Romania on the grounds they did not have enough money on them. It is not clear whether the issue was discussed by the Two Presidents.

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