FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS TALK OF COOPERATION.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: November 26, 1998 | Copyright information

Prime ministers from 12 former Soviet republics gathered yesterday to seek ways to bolster cooperation at a time when many face deep economic problems.

The prime ministers from the Commonwealth of Independent States, an alliance of former Soviet republics, also discussed establishing a free-trade zone among member states - an idea first put forward when the alliance was founded seven years ago.

Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, who chaired the session yesterday, told his colleagues that ``only together can the Commonwealth nations overcome today's ...

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