The Republic of Moldova intends to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), of which it is a member, by the end of 2024, said the president of the Foreign Policy Commission of the Chisinau Parliament, Doina German. said on Wednesday in a statement to Exclusiv-TV station, Reuters and Agerpres.

“We’ve set a goal to finish everything by the end of 2024,” Doina Herman said. “This does not mean that there will not be small delays, but for the most part, almost all assessments of individual ministries show that we are at the final stage,” she added.

The announcement comes after the Republic of Moldova reduced its participation in the CIS after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. The government of Chisinau has already denounced dozens of agreements with this organization and announced last month that in 2024 it will no longer pay its contribution to the CIS, which it reduced for the current year.

Who is part of the CIS

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was established on December 8, 1991 by the signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States by the presidents of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.

On December 21, 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Ukraine, and Uzbekistan signed the Alma-Ata Declaration on the Establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States. On January 22, 1993, during the CIS summit in Minsk, the Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States was adopted.

The Republic of Moldova ratified the Agreement on the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States by the Decision of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova dated April 8, 1994, and the Statute of the Commonwealth of Independent States was ratified by the Decision of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. of Moldova from April 26, 1994.