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Saturday, 27 August 2005
TURKMENISTAN DISTANCES ITSELF FROM CIS
By empty (8/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Turkmenistan has downgraded the status of its membership of the CIS to that of an \"associated member,\" the press service of Turkmenistan\'s Foreign Ministry reported. The ministry stated that the participants in the CIS summit in Kazan received a message from Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov, who did not attend, \"with a request to take into account Turkmenistan\'s neutral status and support its position to participate in the CIS as an associated member.\" The report noted that the request received preliminary approval from CIS member states.
Turkmenistan has downgraded the status of its membership of the CIS to that of an \"associated member,\" the press service of Turkmenistan\'s Foreign Ministry reported. The ministry stated that the participants in the CIS summit in Kazan received a message from Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov, who did not attend, \"with a request to take into account Turkmenistan\'s neutral status and support its position to participate in the CIS as an associated member.\" The report noted that the request received preliminary approval from CIS member states. (Turkmenistan.ru)