Tiraspol, December 30. /Novosti Pridnestrovya/. Protocol Decision “On principles of a full-fledged freight railway communication renewal through the territory of Pridnestrovie” was extended until June 30, 2020. According to the press service of the PMR MFA, the President of the PMR and the Prime Minister of Moldova have signed an additional protocol extending the validity of the document for six months.
Railway service on the territory of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic was interrupted in March 2006. This was the result of the new regulations introduced by Moldova and Ukraine on March 3, 2006. It led to the economic blockade of Pridnestrovie. Railway trains followed through the north of Moldova to the bypass of the territory of the PMR.
In December 2006, with the assistance of the Russian Federation, the Moscow-Chisinau passenger train was resumed.
In 4 years, in October 2010, after another informal meeting of PMR President, Igor Smirnov and the Prime Minister of Moldova, Vlad Filat, the passenger train Odessa – Chisinau was resumed.
On March 30, 2012, protocol decision “On principles of a full-fledged freight railway communication renewal through the territory of Pridnestrovie” was signed. At the same time, the border post on the Ukrainian-Pridnestrovian border Slobodka-Kolbasna is still closed for import of fuel. This is one of the main issues on the negotiating agenda.
