Ukrainian flag in Kyiv. Archival photoMINSK, Sept. 20Ukraine remains a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, no one makes it an outcast from this organization, said Leonid Anfimov, Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, answering a question from RIA Novosti.Ukraine in recent years withdrew from many agreements within the CIS and does not take part in most Commonwealth events. «We invite them to all events. All documents that are accepted within the Commonwealth also go to the Ukrainian side. Nobody makes Ukraine an outcast: if you want to participate, participate» , — Anfimov noted. He stressed that the CIS remains a platform for solving those problems that cannot be solved within the framework of other negotiation processes. «Come and decide. Swear, ambassador, with your colleagues, if you disagree with something. If there are proposals, let's sort things out on our site together. But if they don't want to, you can't drag them by the collar,» the deputy chairman of the Commonwealth executive committee added .
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