GEORGIA TO WITHDRAW CIS INTERPALIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY ON JANUARY 22

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.12.2009 20:32 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Chairman of CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Sergei
Mironov said Georgia would cease to be a member of this organization
from January 2010. "Under Assembly’s mechanisms, Georgia’s notification
on withdrawing membership will enter into force six month after
joining the organization," he said.

CIS Secretary Sergey Lebedev announced earlier that such step would
be the detriment of Georgia rather than the Assembly.

According organization’s Secretary General Mikhail Krotov, the country
intends to continue participation 75 treaties and agreements, including
the one concerning free trade, Georgiatimes.info reports.