
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the CIS format has proven its effectiveness and relevance for many decades, has become the basis for the development of more advanced integration processes, such as the EAEU, and confirmed the interest of the parties in its further development.
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The CIS format has existed since 1991 as an organization uniting former Soviet republics. On its basis, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) was later created for deeper economic integration.
The CIS format has proven its effectiveness and relevance for many decades.
The CIS has become the basis for the development of more advanced integration processes, such as the EAEU.
TURKMENBASHI (Turkmenistan), October 8 - RIA Novosti. The CIS format has proven its effectiveness and has become fertile ground for the maturation of more advanced integration processes, such as the EAEU, said Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.
Vesti news agency asked Peskov whether the CIS format is becoming obsolete. He answered in the negative.
“No, on the contrary, over the course of many decades, the CIS, despite, by the way, despite the abundance of routine processes within the framework of this integration in the space of the former Soviet Union, has confirmed its relevance and confirmed its effectiveness,” he said.
The CIS confirmed the parties' interest in continuing the development of this format, the press secretary of the head of state emphasized.
“And it has also become a very good breeding ground for the ripening of new, even more advanced integration processes, such as the EAEU, for example,” Peskov added.

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