RUSSIA TO CONTINUE PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS IN CIS, VLADIMIR PUTIN SAID

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.06.2006 17:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia will continue peacekeeping mission in the CIS
member states despite provocations, Russian President Vladimir Putin
said at a conference in the RF Foreign Ministry. At that the Russian
President remarked that presently Russia immediately takes part in
the settlement of conflicts in the post soviet space. Mr Putin also
stated of the necessity of opening talks on the replacement of the
American-Russia treaty on strategic offensive armament, which expires
in 2009. In Putin’s words, "standstill is expected in the disarmament
field" and the dialogue should be resumed, reported Echo of Moscow.