President of Belarus and CIS Executive Secretary speak about plans and prospects of Commonwealth

27 мая 2021
More serious tasks should be set for the CIS and a breakthrough should be made. The President of Belarus and the Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee  spoke today about the plans and prospects of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The integration issues in the post-Soviet space are in the focus of attention.

The meeting is taking place on the eve of the session of the Council of the Heads of Government. Our country holds its chairmanship this year. The first assessments of the work done are high. The results are expected to be summed up in mid-October at a summit in Minsk. Belarus' presidency in the CIS is held in challenging circumstances. There is ongoing pandemic, sanctions imposed by the West and attempts to destabilize politically the situation in the region. Alexander Lukashenko is convinced that strengthening of integration mechanisms in the post-Soviet space is among our priorities.

Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus:
We should somehow think about what the CIS will eventually do, set more serious tasks and, if I may say so, make some sort of breakthrough in this organization. Now the CIS is basically a kind of a discussion platform where serious and important issues are discussed. But we should talk openly with heads of states whether they are ready to move towards other, closer unions. For example, like the EAEU in the economic sphere, the CSTO in the military-political one, something along these lines. I suggest that we made our organization more dynamic and addded it more authority and weight.

The meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government will be held tomorrow in Minsk. The heads of the delegations will meet first in a narrow and then in an extended format. There are 11 issues on the agenda. The agenda will focus on the development of the common economic space, liberalization of trade, unification of legislation and prevention of the spread of infectious diseases.