Georgia quits ex-Soviet ‘commonwealth’

Georgia has formally withdrawn from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in August 2009 one year after its military conflict with Russia over the disputed regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Conflict history: Georgia http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-georgia-2/

ESO: Background information: Georgia recovers as rebel regions suffer http://www.europeansources.info/record/georgia-recovers-as-rebel-regions-suffer/

Georgia: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Information on Georgia's withdrawal from CIS, August 2009 http://www.mfa.gov.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=30&info_id=10783

ITAR-TASS, 20.8.09: Georgia’s walkout of CIS was a mistake - Lukashenko http://www.itar-tass.com/en/

Wikipedia: Commonwealth of Independent States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States

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