MOSCOW, March 29. /TASS/. Member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have a common approach to international problems, CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev said.

"We understand each other better, we still share common mentality. And what is most important, we have a common approach to ways of resolving problems in international affairs," he said at a plenary session of the International Economic Forum of CIS member states.

Stressing the importance of close ties between the CIS countries, Lebedev noted that, "in a big system, the operation of the entire mechanism may depend on a small element."

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