The heads of government of the CIS countries are planning to discuss joint measures to minimize the impact of Western sanctions on their economies in May, the First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Leonid Anfimov said, Report informs via RIA Novosti.
"At the request of the Russian side, at the next meeting of the Council of Heads of Government, which will be held via videoconference on May 20, it is proposed to raise the issue of joint actions for the work of the economies of the CIS countries under sanctions pressure. That is, we must develop common approaches to minimize this pressure and the sanctions that have fallen on both Belarus and Russia," Anfimov told reporters on Wednesday in Minsk.
In his opinion, these sanctions against Minsk and Moscow will affect the efficiency of the economies of all Commonwealth countries.