You're reading: Kyiv doubts appropriateness of Ukraine’s chairmanship in CIS

Ukraine is not considering the country's withdrawal from the CIS, but the country has doubts about the appropriateness of its chairmanship in the CIS, Acting Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andriy Deschytsia has said.

 “We don’t put the issue of leaving the CIS on the agenda, but there
is a question of the appropriateness of our chairmanship in the CIS,
when the CIS executive committee and Russia are blocking our initiatives
and the working plan that was confirmed and agreed by everyone,” he
said at a press conference in Kyiv on Saturday.