Nina Shtanski and Eugen Carpov discuss mass-media issues

A number of mass-media issues have been touched upon during the meeting of Moldova's and Pridnestrovie's chief negotiators

In response to the request made by Moldova's negotiator at the previous meeting, Nina Shtanski explained to the Moldovan side why Pridnestrovie's State Agency for Communications, Information and Mass-media had refused to extend the accreditation of Publika TV journalists in Pridnestrovie, the MFA press service reports.

The foreign minister highlighted numerous facts of channel journalists' spreading deliberately false, unverified and untrue information of a provocative character, as well as a number of materials aimed at inciting discord.

According to Nina Shtanski, such actions constitute grounds for refusing the mass-media a journalist accreditation in the republic, which is stipulated in the rules of journalists' accreditation in Pridnestrovie and exactly confirms to international practice.

At the same time, the diplomat noted Pridnestrovie was open for cooperation with foreign mass-media, and Publika TV journalists could file an accreditation application again on condition the channel issued a denial of unverified information and apologised to the persons whose interests, honour and dignity had been injured by false information.

Nina Shtanski also recalled the problems Pridnestrovian journalists face when working in the territory of Moldova.

"We have reminded our Moldovan colleagues that Pridnestrovie is interested in having well-regulated rules for Pridnestrovian journalists working in Moldova. There are no rules of accreditation for them. As a result, a journalist's trip to Chișinău or, for example, Gagauzia should be agreed with Moldova's road police service, which is unacceptable, of course," said Nina Shtanski.