Ukraine has sent its envoy to the meeting of the coordinating unit for air defence under the Council of defense Ministers of CIS countries, which took place Tuesday in Dushanbe, told reporters Deputy head of Department - the chief of staff of the SAIs of the Russian Federation Lieutenant-General Pavel Kurchenko.
"Ukraine since the beginning of 2014 does not participate in the activities of the coordinating unit for air defense, the Council of Ministers of defence of the countries-participants of the CIS and other statutory bodies of the Commonwealth," said Kurchenko, answering the question, are there any changes from the participants of the joint air defense system of the CIS in connection with events in Ukraine.
at the same time, Kurchenko the results of the meeting of the coordination division of the air defense of the CIS in Dushanbe said that " official notification about the fact that Ukraine intends to withdraw from the Commonwealth of independent countries so far not been reported.
in the meeting of the coordinating Department of defense of the CIS, which took place Tuesday in Dushanbe, was attended by representatives of the seven Commonwealth countries: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Russia.
United system of air defense of the States-participants of the CIS was established on the basis of the contract of ten countries of the Commonwealth, signed in 1995 in Alma-ATA. The term of the contract is unlimited, it is open to accession by other countries.
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