20.07.2012
According to the press service of the CIS Executive Committee, Vladimir Putin has seconded the proposal of the CIS Executive Committee to hand over the presidency over the Commonwealth in 2013 to the Republic of Belarus.
On Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin Chairman of the Executive Committee – CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev. During the meeting they discussed topical issues of integration cooperation within the CIS.
The Head of the Russian Federation reaffirmed that more intensive integration processes within the CIS have priority in Russian foreign policy. Integration associations that exist on the post-Soviet territory will continue to receive every kind of support from Russian leaders.
Official Moscow is convinced that strengthening and enhancement of multilateral cooperation meets the interests of all CIS member-states.
Sergei Lebedev informed the President of the Russian Federation about the activities of the CIS Executive Committee, and in particular about the preparation for the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) and the Council of the CIS Heads of State (CHS) that are scheduled for this autumn. One of the items on the CHS agenda will be the presidency over the CIS in 2013.
When discussing this issue, Vladimir Putin seconded the proposal of the CIS Executive Committee to hand over (on a rotational basis) the presidency over the Commonwealth in 2013 to the Republic of Belarus.
