Public Radio, Armenia
Nov 23 2006

Andranik Margaryan: Armenia is ready to participate in CIS
reformation
23.11.2006 17:25

Armenia is ready to actively participate in the reformation of the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Armenian Prime Minister
Andranik Margaryan said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
In his words, the past 15 years showed that despite all the
difficulties, the CIS is performing its important function of
restoring the economic and humanitarian ties between the newly
independent states and developing and accomplishing joint activates
in the spheres of security and new world challenges. Nevertheless,
the Prime Minister considers that CIS definitely needs to be reformed
to best correspond to contemporary requirements. "I do believe that
implementation of reforms will raise the relations between the member
states to a new quality level and will endorse the improvement of the
international rating of the Commonwealth as an influential regional
organization," Andranik Margaryan noted, adding that the priority
directions of the CIS reforms are economic integration, security and
stability, as well as development of humanitarian cooperation.
The issue of CIS reformation will be discussed in more detail on
November 24 in Minsk during the sitting of the CIS Council of Heads
of Governments, the Prime Minister concluded.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress