Saturday, 22 July 2006

CIS PRESIDENT DISCUSS COMMONWEALTH REFORMS

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By empty (7/22/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Presidents of CIS countries discussed the reform of the Commonwealth at their informal summit in Moscow on Saturday. After the meeting, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev told journalists, “Basing on the experts’ analysis of the 15-year-long activity of the CIS I exposed my vision and a new programme of the CIS reform.” “It is necessary to take such decisions, which will meet the interests of everyone.
Presidents of CIS countries discussed the reform of the Commonwealth at their informal summit in Moscow on Saturday. After the meeting, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev told journalists, “Basing on the experts’ analysis of the 15-year-long activity of the CIS I exposed my vision and a new programme of the CIS reform.” “It is necessary to take such decisions, which will meet the interests of everyone. There must be no states, which disagree or refuse to sigh any documents, and it’s natural that they don’t comply with them. Decisions should taken on the base of consensus and should be implemented by all,” Nazarbayev said. In his words, it is necessary to find such schemes, which would meet the demands of everyone. “Studying and analysing different mechanisms I want to rivet attention to five key topics – migration policy, transport, education, the fight against today’s challenges and humanitarian problems.” “During discussions, the participants in the meeting put forth their own proposals,” the Kazakh president said. Among them, he named common approaches towards international issues and a common defence policy. Nazarbayev said he proposed to reorganise the CIS due to his ideas. In his view, the vice-premiers of every country should work out a programme. “They should play the role of sherpa like as at the G-8 summit,” he added. “We agreed to discuss concrete problems and take concrete decisions by the November CIS summit in Minsk,” Nazarbayev stressed. (Itar-Tass)
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