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MOLDOVA HANDS OVER CIS PRESIDENCY TO RUSSIA
RIA Novosti
18:5309/10/2009
CHISINAU, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - Moldova handed over its presidency
of the Commonwealth of Independent States to Russia on Friday during
the CIS summit in Chisinau.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the next CIS
summit will take place in Moscow in December 2010.
This two-day summit in Moldova's capital was sparsely attended, with
the presidents of the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
and Turkmenistan not making the trip to Chisinau.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who flew in for the summit on
Friday, met with the presidents of Moldova, Azerbaijan and Armenia
but cited a tight schedule as a reason for being unable to hold talks
with his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yushchenko.
"We have not spoken as I have my own work schedule and I am going
home now," Medvedev told journalists after the summit.
The former Soviet states of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
and Ukraine are members of the CIS. Georgia recently withdrew from
the organization.
At a presentation of its vision for next year's CIS presidency, Moscow
said its priority would be the promotion of research and innovation
cooperation in the CIS.
RIA Novosti
18:5309/10/2009
CHISINAU, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - Moldova handed over its presidency
of the Commonwealth of Independent States to Russia on Friday during
the CIS summit in Chisinau.
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the next CIS
summit will take place in Moscow in December 2010.
This two-day summit in Moldova's capital was sparsely attended, with
the presidents of the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan
and Turkmenistan not making the trip to Chisinau.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who flew in for the summit on
Friday, met with the presidents of Moldova, Azerbaijan and Armenia
but cited a tight schedule as a reason for being unable to hold talks
with his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yushchenko.
"We have not spoken as I have my own work schedule and I am going
home now," Medvedev told journalists after the summit.
The former Soviet states of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
and Ukraine are members of the CIS. Georgia recently withdrew from
the organization.
At a presentation of its vision for next year's CIS presidency, Moscow
said its priority would be the promotion of research and innovation
cooperation in the CIS.