Heads of 9 post-Soviet states gather in Moscow, issue joint statement to the world
We, the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) call upon the peoples of our countries and the world to prevent the resurgence of fascism, Nazism, and militarism, and to thwart any attempts to incite a new world war.