The concept of the chairmanship of Russia in the CIS was presented at the first meeting of the Council of permanent plenipotentiary representatives of the Council of Parties to the Commonwealth under the authorized and other common bodies of the Commonwealth, BelTA reports on Tuesday, January 23.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Alexander Pankin, recalled that the chairmanship of the Russian Federation passed from January 1.
The concept of the presidency was approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 13 in Bishkek at the Council of Heads of State. He placed emphasis, outlined the directions of further cooperation, focus on successes, dynamics, unification agenda.
Alexander Pankin designated vectors, which, according to the Russian side, must be strengthened, directions that should be given a large dynamics. “These are six spheres: economic cooperation, foreign policy coordination, the fight against new challenges and threats, military cooperation, cultural and humanitarian cooperation and expanding interaction with external partners in the world – both closest and distant,” he said.
In general, as noted by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the dynamics of movement in the space of the Commonwealth, including economic, “very good, despite all the difficulties.”
In the economic sphere, countries have to overcome resistance to illegal, illegal sanctions that are introduced against some states, and the pressure exerted on all CIS countries to “disconnect, melt in the corners, close to other partners, he added.