Ukraine's Foreign Ministry initiates termination of some agreements with Russia, Belarus, CIS

MOSCOW. Sept 3 (Interfax) - Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has initiated the termination of a number of its international agreements with Russia, Belarus and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Ukrainian media reported citing the ministry's statement.

"The Ukrainian government has approved a Foreign Ministry directive to submit to Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine a bill on the termination of international agreements signed by the Ukrainian government with those of Russia and Belarus, and in the CIS framework," it said.

The relevant bill will be considered then by the parliament, the statement said. It stipulates the termination of 14 agreements, including five with Russia, four with Belarus and five signed as a CIS member, covering the military, energy, financial, economic, transport, social and medical fields.