Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Gheorghe Balan discussed establishing joint customs and border control along the length of the Ukrainian-Moldovan border.

The officials also agreed to strengthen the coordination of steps to ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and Moldova in the context of the security situation, a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.

Klimkin and Balan also discussed ways to intensify the 5+2 negotiating process to settle the Transdniestrian conflict, and the current state of the Ukrainian-Moldovan relationship.

The 5+2 format involves Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as mediators, and the European Union and the United States as monitors. The 5+2 talks have not been held for almost three years now.