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CIS Secretary General: Armenia did not notify the CIS of its plans to leave the organization

CIS Secretary General: Armenia did not notify the CIS of its plans to leave the organization

ArmInfo. Armenia has not raised the possibility of leaving the CIS amid Yerevan's de facto suspension of its membership in the CSTO. CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev told TASS on the sidelines of an international forum on collective security.

"No. The Prime Minister and many others have told me personally that they will remain in the CIS. We have not heard a single statement about their intention to leave," Lebedev said, answering a question about whether Armenia had expressed a desire to leave the CIS.

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