MOSCOW, March 30 ??“ Economic cooperation, free trade zone and joint science projects should be priorities in the work of the CIS economic council in 2007, First Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mykola Azarov said.

"I believe there will be a pragmatic approach to realizing projects that meet the interests of the CIS countries the most. They should be in the focus of attention," Azarov said after the 33rd meeting of the Economic Council in Moscow on Friday.