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Ukraine declines CIS chairmanship in 2014
20.03.2014 09:12 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ukraine has decided to quit its chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 2014 and will consider the advisability of further participation in the CIS, NRCU says referring to the
Director of the Information Policy Department of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Yevhen Perebyinis Kyiv Wednesday briefing report.
«It has been decided not to continue our chairmanship of the Commonwealth in 2014,» the diplomat said.
As to him, the corresponding note will soon be sent to the CIS Executive Committee. Perebyinis explained this by the fact that having found itself in a difficult security situation, Ukraine made every effort to attract the CIS to protect the territorial integrity and inviolability of its borders and settle the conflict with Russia. However, according to him, the Commonwealth was not interested in solving the Ukrainian issues, and "instead of implementing its tasks concerning cooperation and conflict settlement in the area, has turned into a tool of achieving the interests of its individual members, in particular the Russian Federation. The reason for the termination of the presidency has been also facts of support by individual CIS member states of the Russian action to annex the territory of Ukraine, which is contrary to the principles of international law, the foreign ministry explained.
In this regard, according to the diplomat, Ukraine reserves the right to consider the advisability of further participation in the Commonwealth. «Given the failure of the majority of CIS member states to comply with obligations of the parties set forth in the Charter Establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) regarding the recognition and respect for the territorial integrity of each other, inviolability of borders, cooperation in ensuring international peace and security, as well as the political bias and ineffectiveness of the existing format and cooperation within the CIS, Ukraine reserves the right to consider the advisability of further participation in the Commonwealth,» Perebyinis said.
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