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MINSK, 12 January (BelTA) – The CIS Executive Committee hopes that Belarus will remain its active member, Chairman of the Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev said at a session of the CIS Plenipotentiaries Council in Minsk on 12 January, BelTA has learned.

Sergei Lebedev thanked Belarus for the active support of the activities of the CIS Executive Committee. “We very much appreciate that the country that houses the CIS headquarters pays much attention to the activities of the Executive Committee and provides necessary assistance,” he said.

Belarus is a staunch, consistent advocate of greater regional integration in the CIS. “Belarus has been an active proponent of integration and cooperation in the CIS. We feel this support. I believe that that the country will further contribute to the development of the integration processes in the CIS,” Sergei Lebedev said.

Minsk hosted the first in 2017 session of the CIS Plenipotentiaries Council on 12 January. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei attended the meeting.