CIS Summit
Moldovan acting president satisfied with recent CIS summit in Moscow
May 11, 2010The Moldovan acting president and parliament speaker, Mihai Ghimpu, has expressed satisfaction with his participation in the informal summit of the CIS heads of state held in Moscow on 8 May. He told journalists that "the summit was held successfully...
Moldova defends taking foreign leaders to wine cellars
October 14, 2009Moldova's new government has refuted media reports that the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit held in Chisinau last week was successful because of visits to the country's famous wine cellars, RFE/RL's Moldovan Service reports. The Moldovan...
Where does Russia want to take the CIS?
October 13, 2009By Irina Severin The main intrigue surrounding the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Chisinau last week was whether Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would attend. The Kremlin only confirmed his participation in the October...
Acting president says CIS "obsolete" but beneficial to Moldova
October 12, 2009It is beneficial to Moldova to be a member of the CIS even though this organization is "becoming obsolete", the acting president and parliament speaker, Mihai Ghimpu, said at a news conference on the results of the CIS summit in Chisinau on...
Russia Facing Resistance With Allies On CIS's Southern Flank
October 09, 2009By Bruce Pannier Russia's relations with the three states that make up the southern flank of the Commonwealth Of Independent States -- Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan -- have suffered severe setbacks of late. Uzbekistan has annoyed the Kremlin...
Moldova’s Alliance for European Integration Meets the CIS
October 09, 2009By Tammy Lynch If Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was asked today to choose an appropriate city in which to hold the Commonwealth of Independent States summit, it’s a safe bet Chisinau wouldn’t be his pick. Despite protestations of good...
Moldova: Russian peacekeepers, big loans and the need for reforms
October 08, 2009By Louis O'Neill Moldova hosts the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States this week and hopes to have a better turnout than President Medvedev did in July, at the annual "summit-at-the-races". Back then, only five CIS leaders made...
What if the CIS holds a Summit, and no one comes?
October 07, 2009By Robert Coalson There is none of the extraordinary street-cleaning or painting of dingy facades going on in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, that one might expect as the city prepares to host a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS...
Seven presidents attend Chisinau CIS Summit
October 07, 2009The CIS Summit will be held in the Moldovan capital next Friday in the absence of the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. According to the press service of the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration...