Ukraine suspended participation in CIS coordination bodies

Beijing. May 3. Silkroadnews - The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) decided to suspend the country’s participation in the CIS coordination councils, the Kyrgyz Telegraph Agency (KyrTAG) reports with reference to TASS.
“The Security Council supported the proposals to cancel Ukrainian representatives’ participation in activities of the CIS bodies, and instructed Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry to take measures in compliance with the established procedure to terminate some interstate agreements,” the NSDC press service reported.
To remind, on April 12, President of Ukraine Pyotr Poroshenko instructed the government to begin the procedure for the withdrawal of the country from the CIS and closing the Ukrainian representation with the Union in Minsk.
The CIS was founded by the heads of the Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in Belovezhskaya Pushcha (Belarus) on December 8, 1991. The organizational stage was completed in 1993 with the CIS charter adoption that has not been ratified by Ukraine.
Today, the CIS includes 9 countries Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Moldova, with Ukraine and Turkmenistan as associated members.