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    AZG Armenian Daily #152, 27/08/2005


    CIS summit

    PRESIDENTS GATHER IN TATARSTAN

    Kocharian and Aliyev to Meet Today

    Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during his March 25 visit to Yerevan
    that the CIS is "a useful club" and "a good arena for settling business
    issues," adding that one shouldn't have too big expectations, otherwise the
    disappointment would be unavoidable. "If any state expects to achieve any
    goals in the spheres of economic, political or military cooperation,
    naturally, that will not happen, as could never have happened," Mr. Putin
    stated, adding that, "certainly, the CIS should be preserved."

    The next meeting of the presidents of the CIS member countries is envisaged
    to take place in Tatarstan. This time they will discuss "suggestions
    directed to the improvement of the CIS structures, as well as the
    cooperation of the CIS states in the humanitarian sphere." Besides, the
    presidents will participate in the arrangements dedicated to 1000th
    anniversary of the country's capital Kazan.

    This club of 12 former Soviet republics that undertook various political
    priorities has adopted about 3000 decrees during the past 15 years. Most of
    these decrees were not carried out. Moreover, in fact, Armenia and
    Azerbaijan, members of the same organization, are in war condition, while
    Georgia has deep contradictions with Russia. There are serious disagreement
    cases between Russia and Moldova, Georgia and Byelorussia, Ukraine and
    Russia, etc.

    Anyway, the CIS summits are important for Armenia because the president can
    have a number of bilateral meetings with his colleagues. "The CIS is a good
    arena for settling business issues. We should be glad that we have such an
    arena, because the level and the volume of the cooperation between the
    countries are really big. There are always serious themes and issues for
    discussions and certain decisions. I meet with three of my colleagues, at
    least, during each of the CIS Summit. And these meetings are quite
    fruitful," RA President Robert Kocharian said at the joint press conference
    during Vladimir Putin's last visit in Yerevan.

    The CIS served the forum that enabled to hold dozens of meetings for the
    Armenian and the Azeri presidents. They are going to meet in Kazan, as well.
    This summit is important for Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan for
    the very negotiations between Robert Kocharian and Ilham Aliyev. The meeting
    of the presidents is envisaged on August 27.

    It's worth reminding that Foreign Ministers Vartan Oskanian and Elmar
    Mamediarov have already discussed the current stage of Nagorno Karabakh
    negotiations with the participation of the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs in
    Moscow, on August 24. If on the eve of the July visit of the co-chairs, the
    sides had rather optimistic expectations from the meeting of the presidents
    in Kazan, today they are skeptical. Anyway, the Azeri side sees no
    breakthrough in the negotiations.

    By Tatoul Hakobian

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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