The leaders of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine signed an agreement creating the Commonwealth of Independent States and stating that the USSR had ceased to exist. The decision was taken by republican...
Leaders of eleven former Soviet republics endorsed the CIS and principles of sovereign equality. The meeting broadened the post-Union arrangement, while Georgia and the Baltic republics remained...
The Ufa summit expanded the Organisation’s external participation by granting Belarus observer status. Observer status allowed engagement without the rights and obligations of full membership.
