BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

11/09/2008

Abkhazia seeks Russia-Belarus Union State membership

RBC, 11.09.2008, Sochi 11:20:15.Abkhazia plans to apply for membership in the Russia-Belarus Union State and does not exclude the possibility of joining the CIS and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh said during today's meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi. He added that Abkhazia intended to apply for accession in the Union State following the signing of a friendship and cooperation agreement with Russia and South Ossetia. Meanwhile, Bagapsh underscored that Abkhazia's joining the Union State, as well as the CIS and the CSTO, depended on the agreement of the organizations' current members.

Source:

http://www.rbcnews.com/free/20080911112015.shtml

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