RUSSIA TO CONTINUE ASSISTING CIS STATES IN FUTURE

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
18.05.2009 19:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Russia will continue assisting those CIS member
states which faced most hardships during the crisis RF FM Sergey
Lavrov said Monday, in an interview with "Itogi" journal. "In the
meantime, we’ll focus on CIS states as our closest neighbors," the
Russian diplomat added.

"We have already allocated considerable sums to Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and
Armenia," Lavrov noted. "We are planning to work towards realization of
those goals, and have allocated USD 7.5 billion to EurAsEc anti-crisis
fund which possess a total sum of USD 10 million."

As regards the crisis impact on Russia-West and Russia-US relations,
it may really be positive in terms of pushing US and West to a more
constructive platform in their relations with Russia," the Minister
is convinced. Such cooperation not only contributes to elaborating a
positive agenda but also helps build mutual trust, skills and culture
required for dialogue and mutual cooperation."

"No wonder that things have taken such turn. Common sense shows
that artificially politicized issue are pushed to the background
in times of crisis, and all parties recognize common interests,"
Russian FM confirmed.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress