May 15, 2008 - 16:49 AMT
Georgia quits CIS anti-aircraft defense treaty
Georgia sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus to inform of its secession from the treaty on creation of CIS anti-aircraft defense system.

Georgia will suspend the treaty a year after the depositary [Belarus] accepts an appropriate note.

The treaty on creation of CIS anti-aircraft defense system was signed on February 10, 1995 in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, by heads of 10 CIS member states: Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.