Nalbandian, Grishenko discuss Armenian-Ukrainian relations

27.03.2010 11:30 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with
his Ukrainian counterpart Konstantin Grishenko on the sidelines of CIS
Foreign Ministers Council in Moscow.

The two men exchanged views on ways to intensify political dialogue
and cooperation within international organizations. They also referred
to a number of regional and international issues, RA MFA press office
reported.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional
organization whose participating countries are former Soviet
Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union. The
organization was founded on 8 December 1991 by the Republic of
Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine, when the leaders of the
three countries met to sign a Creation Agreement. On 21 December 1991,
the leaders of eight other Soviet Republics – Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and
Uzbekistan – agreed to join the CIS, thus bringing the number of
participating countries to 11.