The reform of the organization will be discussed at the next meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS. this with reference to its own sources. reports Kommersant

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, which is now the chairman of the CIS, reported that the reform is overdue and noted that Bishkek will not act as the organization’s gravedigger, the publication says.

According to the publication, Kazakhstan was the initiator of the changes. The diplomatic source explained that Astana considers it necessary to make the CIS “a compact organization that would not duplicate the functions of more advanced integration structures such as the EAEU and the CSTO, but would be used by its 11 member countries as a platform for discussing pressing regional problems such as crises around Ukraine and Karabakh." The official Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan did not provide the newspaper with a comment on this issue.

Director of the 1st Department of CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mikhail Evdokimov, said that any possible steps to improve the activities of the CIS must be taken step by step and carefully. “It is important that the CIS remains a regional international organization with the attributes inherent in such a structure: a charter, an institution of chairmanship, and a permanent executive body,” he explained.

At the end of March, Kommersant reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree dismissing Konstantin Biryulin, deputy director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), who oversaw arms contracts with CIS countries.

The media reported on a possible reform of the CIS