YEREVAN. – CIS has partially solved the issue of keeping back the former Soviet states from major changes, Armenian Heritage Party MP Stepan Safaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am commenting on the CIS 20 years of activity.

 “Regarding the future expectations of the institution, there are not so much. CIS gives an opportunity to contact former Soviet states, and hold discussions. However, there is no serious issue that CIS solved for Armenia,” the MP said and added that CIS will operate as long as Russia needs it.

Among CIS member states only Azerbaijan may want its collapse. It is still a member of CIS only because Armenia is also its member. Second, being out of the institutions means being against Russia.

Dushanbe hosted on Saturday the leaders of CIS states for the 20th anniversary summit. Presidents of Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Belarus do not participate in the summit. Armenian president arrived in the capital city of Tajikistan in previous day.