He recalled that the Russian side is the guarantor of the Transnistrian settlement.

“We will continue to promote the search for a fair solution to the problem of the Transnistrian settlement, the achievement of agreements on a special, reliable, guaranteed status of Transnistria, while respecting the sovereignty and ensuring the territorial integrity of Moldova,” RIA Novosti quotes the diplomat.

Vasnetsov added that Moscow is counting on the resumption of negotiations in the established format.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Vitaly Ignatiev, earlier spoke in favor of the speedy resumption of the work of the 5 + 2 negotiation format on Pridnestrovie.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin noted that the fate of the negotiations on Pridnestrovie in the 5+2 format would become clear after the situation in Ukraine was resolved.