(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Ev may 27 (qna) - ukraine is set on leaving the commonwealth of independent states (cis) secretary of national security and defense andrei parubiy announced in a statement at a briefing in the verkhovna rada ukraine's parliament.
"the national security and defense council has decided not only to stop the chairmanship in the cis but also to begin the process of withdrawing from the cis" parubiy said.
according to the (ukrinform) agency a decision was taken to elaborate a plan of joint exercises of the ukrainian army and allies - guarantors of ukraine's security in the territory of ukraine. a relevant appeal to the countries-guarantors has already been prepared added parubiy.
earlier director of the department of information policy of the foreign ministry of ukraine yevgeny perebiynis said that ukraine stopped the cis presidency in 2014. (qna)
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