Leading Democrat meets with Communist representative for lunch

Dumitru Diacov, former head of the Democratic Party and its current honorary president, as well as Democrat Valeriu Guma, met with Communist M.P. Vadim Misin on Tuesday, at about 4 p.m., for lunch at a Chisinau cafe, says Stirea Zilei.

Mr. Misin confirmed the meeting, but said they "didn't speak about politics."

Mr. Diacov refused to confirm, however.

The Party of Communists recently refused to have talks with the Alliance for European Integration and said it would try to form a center-left coalition with either the Democratic Party or with the Moldova Noastra [Our Moldova] Alliance.

The four Alliance members, however, including the Democrats and Moldova Noastra, have said they will not hold any individual negotiations with the Communists.