NOVO-OGAREVO, February 11 Russian President Vladimir Putin at an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council The Russian Federation suggested discussing interaction with the CIS countries and improving mechanisms in this area. «One of the priority areas of our foreign policy is relations with the CIS countries in the post-Soviet space. Today we will discuss just this topic. And once again I want to emphasize that it, of course, , is one of the key ones for us, as I said,” Putin said. “We have many initiatives here, a very good dialogue with our leading partners, a large volume of trade, we work with many of them within the framework of the EurAsEC, within the framework of the Treaty about collective security.Recent events show that all this work is yielding a positive result, it is in demand.Today we will talk with you about how to improve the mechanisms that we have created in this area over recent years,» the president added.
