Serbian
March 20th, 2008, 01:39 AM
Moscow /19/03/ 13:53
Russian deputies reactivated the old idea for admission of Serbia into the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization of the former Soviet Republics.
By this initiative, Moscow offers Belgrade an alternative for membership in the European Union, advocated by the pro-Western President Boris Tadic.
This initiative will be reviewed if Serbia faces increasing isolation by the European countries and the international community in terms of recognition of Kosovo, "Izvestija" daily quotes Viktor Ozerov, the Russian Defense and Security Committee Chairman, as saying.
Russian newspapers write that the attempt to include Serbia into CIS is likely to be blocked by certain former Soviet Republics.
The idea of Serbia's allegiance with one of the international organizations that were formed after disintegration of the Soviet Union is not a new one, writes Moscow's daily "Vzgled".
As early as in 1999, the Assembly of the former SR Yugoslavia adopted a resolution for accession to the Russia-Belarus Alliance. The Russian Parliament supported the proposal and recommended to the then President Boris Yeltsin and the Government to launch preparations for this process as soon as possible. However, the whole matter ended up on paper.
"I don't know how could the issue of Serbia's accession to CIS be resolved, since Georgia and Ukraine are its members, but the perspectives for the Collective Security Treaty Organization are solid," Ozerov said. The members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization are Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=105605&NrIssue=612&NrSection=20
Russian deputies reactivated the old idea for admission of Serbia into the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization of the former Soviet Republics.
By this initiative, Moscow offers Belgrade an alternative for membership in the European Union, advocated by the pro-Western President Boris Tadic.
This initiative will be reviewed if Serbia faces increasing isolation by the European countries and the international community in terms of recognition of Kosovo, "Izvestija" daily quotes Viktor Ozerov, the Russian Defense and Security Committee Chairman, as saying.
Russian newspapers write that the attempt to include Serbia into CIS is likely to be blocked by certain former Soviet Republics.
The idea of Serbia's allegiance with one of the international organizations that were formed after disintegration of the Soviet Union is not a new one, writes Moscow's daily "Vzgled".
As early as in 1999, the Assembly of the former SR Yugoslavia adopted a resolution for accession to the Russia-Belarus Alliance. The Russian Parliament supported the proposal and recommended to the then President Boris Yeltsin and the Government to launch preparations for this process as soon as possible. However, the whole matter ended up on paper.
"I don't know how could the issue of Serbia's accession to CIS be resolved, since Georgia and Ukraine are its members, but the perspectives for the Collective Security Treaty Organization are solid," Ozerov said. The members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization are Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/novina/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=2&NrArticle=105605&NrIssue=612&NrSection=20