Valeriy Anatolievich Litskai
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Valeriy Anatolievich Litskai (born 13 February 1949) was the foreign minister
Foreign minister
A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...

 of Transnistria
Transnistria
Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...

 from 2000 until July 2008. He was born in Tver
Tver
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 in Russia in 1949 and obtained Transnistrian citizenship after Transnistria declared independence.
He is the head of the commission of negotiations of Transnistria and Moldova
Moldova
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 and also one of initiators of the Hague initiative on settlement of conflicts in CIS.

Recently, Litskai has come under pressure from the Supreme Soviet
Transnistrian Supreme Soviet
The Supreme Council of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic is the parliament of Transnistria. The unicameral legislature consists of 43 seats, all of which are determined by single mandate constituencies...

 for the lack of success he has had in getting Transnistria recognized internationally. It was speculated that the pro-western Litskai would soon be replaced by pro-Russian Vladimir Yastrebchak
Vladimir Yastrebchak
Vladimir Valerevich Yastrebchak is the current acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Transnistria. He replaced longtime minister Valeriy Anatolievich Litskai on July 1, 2008....

, currently first deputy minister of foreign affairs, also because president Igor Smirnov
Igor Smirnov
Igor Nikolaevich Smirnov , is the President of the internationally unrecognized Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, also known as Transnistria. He has held this post since 1990.- Childhood :...

 is now criticising him. On April 2, 2008, Litskai appeared before parliament to defend himself against criticism. Litskai convinced parliament to let him keep his job, but will have to show progress when returning to parliament in July. On July 1 president Smirnov issued a decree to fire Litskai immediately. He was replaced by Yastrebchak, as was previously predicted. This is despite apparent success in talks with Moldova, which resumed earlier this year and were organized by Litskai.

Litskai speaks English
English language
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 and Spanish
Spanish language
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. He is a historian
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by training.

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