RF STATE DUMA: CIS MEMBER STATES’ JOINING NATO CONFLICTS WITH THEIR STRATEGIC INTERESTS

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.12.2006 17:20 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "The Commonwealth of Independent States meets the
interests of all its members and the international community. It
has potential for development and cooperation in all directions,"
says the statement issued by the Russian State Duma today.

The parliamentarians underscore that ‘peacekeeping operation for
rescuing human lives and ensuring of human rights in conflict zones
were successfully carried out within the CIS framework.’ They also
drew attention to the growth of the CSTO’s authority and efficiency
of cooperation within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

The deputies remark that ‘development of integration forces in the
CIS meets serious opposition of various outer forces not interested
in formation of a strong integration union, a rival in the world
market and political arena.’ The Duma deputies are convinced that
‘membership in NATO of any CIS member state conflicts with the highest
strategic interests of these states and wish of the peoples.’ The
State Duma expresses its negative attitude to NATO enlargement to the
East considering it ‘contradicting to the interests of international
security.’

"15 years that followed the CIS formation were the years of serious
ordeals and sometimes disappointments. However the CIS has not lost
importance. This commonwealth can consolidate positions in the world
politics and economy via mutually beneficial and equal cooperation,"
the statement says, reports ITAR-TASS.