COOPERATION WITH CIS COUNTRIES ABSOLUTE PRIORITY OF RUSSIA’S FOREIGN POLICY

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.10.2006 17:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Cooperation with CIS countries is absolute priority
of Russia’s foreign policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said
during a live news conference today. In his words, in the times of
the USSR many peoples lived within one country, which could not leave
the national economy untouched. "Thus we should avail ourselves with
evident competition advantages as compared with other partners,"
Putin said. He also underscored that it is necessary to move not
only towards coordination, but also integration and "processes of
that type are underway."

Specifically, the state leader reminded of the existence of the United
Economic Space, Eurasian Economic Community, Collective Security Treaty
Organization. At that Putin noted that speaking "of imperialistic
trends and return to the USSR is absolutely groundless."