Igor Smirnov, president of Moldova's breakaway republic of Transdnestr, and Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat signed a joint document on resuming the 5+2 talks on Monday.
The 5+2 talks involve Moldova, Transdnestr, Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE, the United States and the EU.
In February 2006, the talks stalled as well as the work of permanent meetings.
The first in six years of official meetings in the 5+2 format on the Transdnestrian conflict is planned for November 30-December 1 and will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania.
“We have singed [the joint document] and traced the way of our further work for solving many issues related to Moldova and people of Transdnestr,” Smirnov said.
The Russian-speaking province of Transdnestr maintained its independence from Moldova since a brief war in 1992, which erupted from a buildup of tensions following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Joint peacekeeping forces of Russia, Moldova and Transdnestr have been deployed in the area.
Transdnestr seeks full independence, while Moldova says it is only ready to give it autonomy.
