Armenian leader notes need to “modernize” CIS

Mediamax news agency
16 Sep 04

Yerevan, 16 September: Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said in
Astana today that it is important to “modernize” the Commonwealth of
Independent States [CIS].

The Armenian president said this in reply to a question from a special
Mediamax correspondent in Kazakhstan at a press conference on the
results of the CIS leaders’ summit.

Kocharyan said that addressing the session today, the Kazakh president
suggested that CIS bodies be radically reformed. The Armenian president
expressed the hope that the CIS leaders will succeed in defining the
outlines of the reforms within a year.

“The CIS has potential, but we need to define exactly the objectives we
are striving to achieve. It is necessary to establish which structures
of the CIS are functioning objectively and which structures need to
be improved,” Robert Kocharyan said.