Lebedev: it’s important for CIS to unite efforts in resisting tough pressure and sanctions policy

It is important for the CIS member states to join forces in resisting the harsh pressure and sanctions policy of the West – as CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev told journalists before the regular meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiaries of the CIS Member States under the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth in Minsk

“Given the current international situation, of course, there is something to talk about,” the Secretary General noted. “The most important thing is to agree on our further steps in the face of severe pressure from the so-called collective West on our countries, primarily on Russia and Belarus. It is important for us to unite our efforts in resisting tough pressure and the policy of sanctions. We will discuss the activities of the CIS Council for Youth Affairs in 2018-2022, and we will form draft agendas for the regular meetings of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers and the CIS Heads of State Council, which will be held in Bishkek in October. We have established good relations with the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO). As CIS Secretary General, I regularly meet with SCO Secretary General Zhang Ming. Our next meeting will take place in Beijing on September 27th. Moreover, we invited him to take part in the meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council in Bishkek on October 13th.”

Sergei Lebedev stressed that a meeting of the BRICS heads of state will be held in a hybrid format in the coming days.

“We see that the Eurasian solidarity of the CIS, EAEU, SCO, BRICS, in fact, neutralises the aggressive policy of the collective West, which is carried out in relation to both the CIS member states and, unfortunately, to the countries of Africa and Asia. But we actively oppose it. Council of Permanent Plenipotentiaries of the CIS Member States under the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth is working and doing everything possible to find constructive solutions and resolve existing issues.”