21:03, 19 December 2009 | GMT +5
Slowdown in process of integration is not acceptable - President of Belarus
sp; ALMATY. December 19. KAZINFORM. /Daniyar Sikhimbayev/ There should be no slowdown in the process of integration. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said it at the CIS Informal Summit in Almaty today.

"Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan announced that they are working together over the corresponding projects and ready to join the Customs Union", A. Lukashenko said.
He noted that it was important not to lose the pace of integration. "Formation of the Single Economic Space will be a qualitatively new historic step on the way towards further integration, and slowdown is unacceptable here", the President of Belarus stressed.
Belarus also insists on holding all activities on formation of the Single Economic Space within one year.