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Georgian expert: Efficiency of Ukraine's CIS chairmanship depends on
whether Russia will recognize the new leadership of Ukraine legitimate
or not
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Friday, March 7, 14:41
Efficiency of Ukraine's CIS chairmanship depends on whether Russia
will recognize the new leadership of Ukraine legitimate or not, says
George Tarkhan- Mouravi, Director of Institute for Policy Studies in
Tbilisi, told ArmInfo. Ukraine assumed chairmanship of the
Commonwealth of Independent States on Jan 1 2014.
"The uncertain situation in Crimea may affect the chairmanship of
Ukraine and the prospects of the CIS, generally. Furthermore, the
future of the CIS depends on development of the Ukrainian-Russian
relations. I do not rule out that the CIS will fade away. Even if
officially everything looks good, the CIS is now an inertial symbol
and a certain talkfest rather than an effective integration
organization," the expert said.
To recall, the CIS Ministerial Council was to be held in Kyev on 7
March. Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has proposed that the Executive
Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States schedule an
extraordinary meeting of the CIS foreign ministers in Kyiv on March
12, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry's spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis reported.
"On March 5, Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Olefirov had a
conversation with CIS Executive Secretary-Chairman of Executive
Committee Sergey Lebedev, where they discussed a Ukraine's initiative
to conduct an extraordinary meeting of the CIS foreign ministers in
Kyiv on March 7, 2014 in the light of the situation in certain regions
of Ukraine," he reported. However, Lebedev reported that according to
the timetable of visits of the majority of CIS foreign chiefs, this
meeting can't be held on March 7. "In terms of this, Ukraine's party
offered to conduct a meeting on March 12, the executive secretary said
that he will do his best to organize it," Perebyinis said.
whether Russia will recognize the new leadership of Ukraine legitimate
or not
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Friday, March 7, 14:41
Efficiency of Ukraine's CIS chairmanship depends on whether Russia
will recognize the new leadership of Ukraine legitimate or not, says
George Tarkhan- Mouravi, Director of Institute for Policy Studies in
Tbilisi, told ArmInfo. Ukraine assumed chairmanship of the
Commonwealth of Independent States on Jan 1 2014.
"The uncertain situation in Crimea may affect the chairmanship of
Ukraine and the prospects of the CIS, generally. Furthermore, the
future of the CIS depends on development of the Ukrainian-Russian
relations. I do not rule out that the CIS will fade away. Even if
officially everything looks good, the CIS is now an inertial symbol
and a certain talkfest rather than an effective integration
organization," the expert said.
To recall, the CIS Ministerial Council was to be held in Kyev on 7
March. Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has proposed that the Executive
Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States schedule an
extraordinary meeting of the CIS foreign ministers in Kyiv on March
12, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry's spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis reported.
"On March 5, Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Olefirov had a
conversation with CIS Executive Secretary-Chairman of Executive
Committee Sergey Lebedev, where they discussed a Ukraine's initiative
to conduct an extraordinary meeting of the CIS foreign ministers in
Kyiv on March 7, 2014 in the light of the situation in certain regions
of Ukraine," he reported. However, Lebedev reported that according to
the timetable of visits of the majority of CIS foreign chiefs, this
meeting can't be held on March 7. "In terms of this, Ukraine's party
offered to conduct a meeting on March 12, the executive secretary said
that he will do his best to organize it," Perebyinis said.