Valery Nesterushkin, Russia's special envoy at negotiations on settling the conflict over Transdniestria, has announced on Friday that he is to leave the job because of a new appointment.
Nesterushkin, who is a special ambassador at the Russian Foreign Ministry, has not disclosed his new job or the name of his successor, saying only that "this is a skilled and experienced diplomat, who is currently studying all documents concerning the problems of relations between Chisinau and Tiraspol."
Commenting on his diplomatic work on settling the Transdniestria conflict, Nesterushkin said his team managed to prevent a lot of critical situations "toward which various events pushed us."
