(29 May 1995) T/I 10:33:48


STORY: SUMMIT
LOCATION: BELARUS
DATE: 26 MAY 1995
DURATION: 1.00

CIS leaders call for closer ties

Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) met in Belarus's capital Minsk for a mini-summit on Friday (26/5) and called for closer economic and military ties. Focussing on the security issues within the 12-nation federation, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Georgia, and Tajikistan passed a preliminary agreement to station Russian border guards on their outer borders. However, the other CIS states -- Moldova, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan -- held back. All of them had previously expressed reservations about the deal. The CIS leaders also decided to set up an interstate currency committee sort out some pressing currency exchange issues in order to strengthen economic ties among the 12.

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(MINSK, BELARUS 26/5)

Yeltsin getting off plane. CA flags. Entering meeting. WS conference. CU representatives. VS reps. Side hot conference. Kuchma. Troops in streets. Police getting into van.

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