CHISINAU, 11 Aug. After a meeting with Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Dmitry Kozak said that Chisinau and Moscow had agreed on a mutual lifting of restrictions on the export of products. On Wednesday, Kozak arrived in Chisinau on a working visit, he met with Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Foreign Minister Nicolae Popescu and Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Vladislav Kulminsky, Deputy Prime Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Andrei Spynu, Interior Minister Anna Revenko.
Kozak called the solution of the Transnistrian issue an internal affair of Moldova «We agreed on cooperation on mutual trade, duty-free trade, lifting restrictions for Russian exporters and reciprocal steps on the supply of Moldovan agricultural products to the Russian market,» Kozak told reporters at a briefing. He stressed that the issue of resuming duty-free supplies of Moldovan goods to the Russian market should be additionally discussed at the interdepartmental level. From January 1, 2019, Russia canceled duties on the import of a number of goods from Moldova for six months, this period was extended several times as a result of constant negotiations between Chisinau and Moscow at different levels. It has ceased to operate since April this year.
The President of Moldova spoke out for discussing the problem of Transnistria with Russia
