CIS to Discuss Common Nonproliferation Position

Defense ministers from the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States are expected to develop a common position on nuclear nonproliferation this week during a meeting in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Russian government sources said today (see GSN, May 10).

The agenda for the meeting, scheduled to be held Friday, includes discussion of coordinating a common nonproliferation position as part of preparations for next year’s planned Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review conference, according to the source. This week’s scheduled meeting will be chaired by acting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and will be attended by all CIS members except Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, ITAR-Tass reported (Alexander Konovalov, ITAR-Tass, May 17).

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