CHISINAU. Sept 26 (Interfax) - Moldova will denounce 13 agreements signed by it as a member of the CIS, under resolutions approved at a government meeting on Tuesday.
The cabinet approved draft legislation denouncing the agreements on mutual assistance during accidents and other emergencies at electric power facilities in CIS member states; on the principles of providing border troops with weapons, military hardware and other materiel; on organizing scientific research and research and development (Tashkent, May 15, 1992); on cooperation in training counter-terrorism specialists at training facilities of the competent authorities in CIS member states (Ashgabat, December 5, 2012), and on cooperation between Moldova's Intelligence and Security Service with Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (Chisinau, April 18, 1994) in information measures, the government's press service told Interfax.
The CIS agreements on cooperation in evacuating citizens from third countries in emergencies (Moscow, April 12, 1996) and on cooperation on public healthcare and related protocols (Minsk, June 26, 1992) will also be denounced.
The government's resolutions also denounce the agreements on preventing and extinguishing wildfires (Minsk, May 31, 2013); on cooperation in hydrometeorology and related protocols (Moscow, February 8, 1992); on flying special-purpose aircraft (Minsk, January 22, 1993); on cooperation in fitness and sports (Yalta, May 25, 2007), and on coordination of education licensing procedures and the certification and accreditation of educational establishments in CIS member states (Moscow, November 29, 2001).
The agreement on working with young people and related protocols (Moscow, November 25, 2005) and the agreement on preventing iodine deficiency among CIS populations (Minsk, May 31, 2001) will also be denounced.
These documents were found to be obsolete, out-of-date and inconsistent with Moldova's current foreign policy. The decisions will come into force after the corresponding laws are passed by parliament.
Last week, the Moldovan parliament denounced three CIS agreements concerning energy cooperation. The government initiatives were approved by ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) MPs in two successive readings.
In February, Moldova's Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Nicu Popescu announced the start of Moldova's withdrawal from several dozen CIS agreements. The country is a signatory to approximately 330 CIS agreements, many of which needed review, he said. In May the Moldovan parliament finally resolved to withdraw from an agreement which created the CIS-wide broadcaster Mir. In July, it denounced a CIS convention on the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly.
When the latter was being considered by parliament in July, its speaker, PAS parliamentary leader Igor Grosu, said the country should move away from the CIS in order to speed up its EU integration.
"Moldova must continue its path into the EU by distancing itself from its Soviet past and its presence in the CIS. Parliament has begun the process of denouncing the agreements signed as part of the CIS, as this structure has no value and no use," Grosu said.
During the spring/summer session, parliament denounced over 20 CIS agreements.