Georgia To Remain In CIS
January 25, 2006
Anti-Russian protestors in Tbilisi, 22 January (epa)
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Levan Choladze said the cabinet, which met on 25 January, had weighed up carefully all the possible political, economic, and social implications of a such a move.
Opposition lawmakers initiated a parliamentary debate in November on whether Georgia should remain in the CIS following a visa dispute with Russia.
Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli spoke out against withdrawal during that debate.
(Novosti-Gruziya, Prime News, Civil Georgia)