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MINSK, 30 May (BelTA) – The Commonwealth of Independent States is one of the biggest integration organizations today, an important platform for integration cooperation in the post-Soviet area, Belarusian Premier Mikhail Myasnikovich said at the CIS Heads of Government Council in Minsk on 30 May, BelTA has learned.

In this respect, the Premier stressed that the CIS member states should take the maximum use of this structure.

According to Mikhail Myasnikovich, the CIS uniqueness is in its main trend which envisages sovereignty (as much as it is necessary) and integration (as much as it is possible). “The CIS member states are strategically close partners,” the Belarusian head of government noted.

The Premier also noted the importance of such summits as this one in Minsk. “Such meetings help us take up decision on the issues included into the agenda, hold bilateral and multilateral negotiations,” the Prime Minister said.

Mikhail Myasnikovich noted that the agenda of the session is diverse. The CIS Heads of Government Council considers 20 issues and plans to sign six international agreements.