Senior Russian official questions role of NATO, Eurasian Economic Community
{{date|March 19, 2007}}[[Image:Igor Ivanov.jpg|thumb|Igor Ivanov, Secretary of Russian Security Council|right]]
[[w:Igor Ivanov|Igor Ivanov]], Secretary of the Russian Security Council, 
said that the [[w:Eurasian Economic Community|Eurasian Economic Community]] (EuroAsEC) could take the place of the [[w: Commonwealth of Independent States|Commonwealth of Independent States]] (CIS).

Speaking at a press conference, Ivanov said that the CIS has already played a great role in the development of all the countries and that its current role is rather overestimated.

At the moment, the EuroAsEC consists of six members and three observers. 
 
In his speech Ivanov also expressed his concern with what he termed [[United States|US]] and [[NATO]] interference into the affairs of [[Russia]]'s neighbor countries.

Speaking on behalf of the entire Security Council, one of whose members is the Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]], he said that Russia will have to be politically and economically active to defend its interests.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.infoniac.com/news/russia-nato.html|title=Russia questions further existence of the CIS post-soviet organization|author=|pub=InfoNIAC|date=March 19, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/19/content_5864200.htm
|title=Russia: NATO expansion at odds with Russia's interests
|author=Mu Xuequan
|pub=Xinhua
|date=March 19, 2007}}

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Igor Ivanov, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, 
said that the Eurasian Economic Community (EuroAsEC) could take the place of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Speaking at a press conference, Ivanov said that the CIS has already played a great role in the development of all the countries and that its current role is rather overestimated.

At the moment, the EuroAsEC consists of six members and three observers. 
 
In his speech Ivanov also expressed his concern with what he termed US and NATO interference into the affairs of Russia's neighbor countries.

Speaking on behalf of the entire Security Council, one of whose members is the Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said that Russia will have to be politically and economically active to defend its interests.
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