Georgian FM denies CIS ambitions
Georgia's new foreign minister has dismissed suggestions her
country may seek to re-enter the Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS), saying the European Union and NATO are the "only
organizations" Georgia plans to join, Radio Liberty reported.
Speaking on Georgian Rustavi-2 television, Maia Panjikidze said
Georgia has not been invited to rejoin the CIS and that any such
proposal would be "pointless."
A Russian official said last week he saw no obstacles to Georgia
returning to the CIS, the nine-country regional grouping formed
after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Georgia withdrew from the CIS in 2009, a year after its tumultuous
war with Russia.
Panjikidze said relations with Russia were a key topic during her
talks last Saturday with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for
European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon.
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