Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Paata Zakareishvili excludes the country's return to the CIS and calls this topic a "turned page" for Tbilisi , RIA "Novosti" reported.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk during a meeting with members of the Club of Editors of the CIS and Baltic countries and Georgia within the Forum of European and Asian Media (FEAM) said that he would make every effort to return to Georgia in the CIS and ready for this to kneel to the Georgian leadership.
"Georgia has already turned the CIS page", - said Zakareishvili. According to him, Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, when Georgia was part of the CIS. "Therefore, there is no argument for the return of the CIS" - said the state minister.
Mikhail Saakashvili stated Georgia's withdrawal from CIS after the armed conflict in South Ossetia in August 2008. Georgian Foreign Ministry notified the CIS Executive Committee's withdrawal from the Commonwealth. Formal withdrawal procedure was completed 12 months after notification of the executive committee.