CIS Ministers of Foreign Affairs satisfied Georgia's request to leave Commonwealth
Bishkek. October 10. Kazakhstan Today - The participants of the session of the Ministerial Council of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealths of Independent States satisfied the request of Georgia on withdrawal from the Commonwealth. The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, informed on Thursday.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the members of the Commonwealth made the decision to discontinue membership of Georgia in the CIS structure. However, as S. Lavrov declared, termination of membership of Georgia can take place only in a year, August 18, 2009. "For this purpose Georgia will be required to observe certain procedures," S. Lavrov explained.
The Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth, Sergey Lebedev, stated at the press conference, following the results of the session of the Ministerial Council of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealths of Independent States, that at today's session the participants stated that all the CIS countries are interested in restoration and establishment of good-neighborhood and constructive relations with Georgia."
The leadership of Georgia has confirmed its participation in the agreements accepted within the limits of the Commonwealth.
"Georgia remains the participant of these agreements that serve the interests of its population," S. Lebedev added.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Ednan Karabayev, chairman of the CIS Ministerial Council of Foreign Affairs, stated at the press conference that the issue of Georgia's withdrawal from the structure of the Commonwealth was discussed in a narrow structure during the current session.
"The CIS Executive Committee received the note of Georgia about withdrawal from the Commonwealth in August. The Committee has started consideration of procedure issues and, according to the charter of the CIS, withdrawal of Georgia from the structure of the Commonwealth is considered taken place after a year, after submission of the note or in August, 2009," E. Karabayev explained.
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