Adrian Jacobovits, the European Union's Special Representative for Moldova, arrived in Chisinau on 11 April for his first official working visit. European Union (EU) foreign policy and security chief Javier Solana said Jakobovits' appointment confirms the EU's interest in its closest neighbors, According to ITAR-TASS, Solana also said Jacobovits' main task will be to assist Moldova in reaching a settlement to the Transdniester conflict. Moldova's president Voronin has requested that the EU, the United States, and Romania engage in talks over the disputed region along Russia, Ukraine, and the OSCE which have been mediating for years in the conflict.
