Ukraine withdraws from CIS agreements on organizing medical support to servicemen, countering counterfeit medicines trafficking

MOSCOW. March 18 (Interfax) - The government of Ukraine has endorsed Ukraine's withdrawal from the agreements on the organization of medical support to servicemen and countering the trafficking of counterfeit medicines signed as part of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

A relevant decision was made at a meeting of the government on March 15, Ukrainian media outlets said with a reference to the government's representative in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnichuk.

In particular, Ukraine withdrew from the agreement on the organization of medical support to servicemen and members of their families, employees and members of the Armed Forces of the CIS signed in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on May 16, 1992.

In addition, Ukraine withdrew from the CIS agreement on cooperation in countering the trafficking of counterfeit medications signed in Chisinau, Moldova, on November 14, 2008.