"The presence of such an information environment is an important and necessary condition for the successful formation of a common economic environment within the framework of Commonwealth", Grigori Rapota said.
This is seen, in his view, from the example of the serious role played by the media in speeding up the process of integration of the five EURASEC states (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Russia and Tajikistan).
"The path of integration is thorny and marching on it consistently requires much patience, permanent readiness to overcome different obstacles. The world experience confirms: it is not only our specificity. All integration structures come to face it. They all attract for handling the emerging problems such an efficient tool as the mass media", Rapota noted.
He said that "the EURASEC is no exception". "Formation of the common information environment is among the priority directions of integration interaction between the states of the Commonwealth", noted the general secretary.
He recalled that since 2002 an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the spreading of mass information has been in operation within the EURASEC framework.
"In keeping with this document, countries of the Commonwealth promote the creation of favourable conditions of the operation of joint structures formed in the territory of the EARASEC states and engaged in the issue and spreading of mass information", Rapota said.
To him, the agreement intends the creation of favourable conditions "for broad and free mutual spread of mass information for the purpose of the further deepening of knowledge of the life of the peoples of the Commonwealth".
