Russia withdraws from Council of Baltic Sea States
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has decided to withdraw from the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), a political forum for regional cooperation with 11 member states including Germany, Finland, and Sweden.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said the organization has been turning into “an anti-Russian tool,” and some discriminatory decisions have been made in violation of the consensus rule such as suspending Russia from the council and Belarus as an observer state.
Russia was not invited to the CBSS’s upcoming meeting in Norway, its pecuniary contribution “was stolen” under the pretext of sanctions, and prospects of the resumption of constructive work are not seen, the ministry continued.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov informed all relevant parties about the Russian withdrawal, and simultaneously the country’s parliament also approved the decision.
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