Gryzlov: Belarus must decide

15/06/2009 - 14:35

The Belarusian leadership should decide whether it considers strategic partnership with Russia important and beneficial, Russian State Duma speaker Boris Gryzlov said on June 15. His remark follows the Belarusian leader's failure to appear at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Summit on Sunday.

Five of the CSTO member states – Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan – signed an agreement establishing a CSTO joint rapid response force, but Minsk described that accord as invalid. Uzbekistan back out of the deal, citing “some reservations.”

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