RF FM: WITH ALL CRITICAL REMARKS TO CIS, NONE OF MEMBER-STATES SPEAKS OUT FOR ITS DISSOLUTION

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2007-11-09 11:10:00

ArmInfo. Not al the goals, having been initially set to
the Commonwealth of Independent States, turned out to be
realistic. Nevertheless, it is difficult to overestimate the
significance of the part the Commonwealth played, RF Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov told the "Soldiers of Russia" journal.

He said that this is not only assurance of a "civilized separation"
of the soviet republics after the USSR collapse, assistance to the
settlement and prevention of conflicts in the post-Soviet space,
but also settlement of diverse relations among our countries on a
new basis. "I mean, in particular, the current legal basis within
CIS, mechanisms of collective cooperation in such spheres as social
assurance, culture and education, migration, crime-fight, resistance
to the new challenges and threats", RF FM said. He added that with all
the critical remarks to CIS, none of the member-states speaks out for
its dissolution. Moreover, an intensive work is being carried out to
enhance efficiency of the Commonwealth and adapt it to the date tasks.