ARMENIA HAS NO INTENTION TO QUIT CIS: FOREIGN MINISTRY

ARKA
Aug 13, 2008

YEREVAN, August 13. /ARKA/. Armenia has no intention to quit the CIS,
reported RA Deputy Foreign Minister Gegham Gharibjanyan. "The CIS
is Armenia’s long-term political choice, and the country has been
cooperating with the Commonwealth for the past years," he said.

The Deputy Minister pointed out that last year Armenia signed a
concept of further cooperation with the CIS.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili declared Tuesday Georgia would
leave the CIS.