Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Belarus

Belarus Said To Reject Russia's Choice For CIS Chief

Aleksandr Veshnyakov (file photo) (ITAR-TASS)

June 13, 2007 -- Russian media report that Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has rejected Moscow's choice of Aleksandr Veshnyakov as Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

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June 13, 2007

Citing unidentified sources, the Russian daily newspapers "Kommersant" and "Vedomosti" reported today that Russia did not put forth Veshnyakov's candidacy at a CIS summit in St. Petersburg on June 9-10 due to objections from Belarus.

A spokesman for Lukashenka, Pavel Lyohki, would neither confirm nor deny the reports.

(Belapan, kommersant.ru, vedomosti.ru)

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