Astana meeting of CIS heads of state ends

The meeting of the CIS heads of state has come to an end, Report informs via Kazakh media.

The Central Asia-Russia summit will begin in the afternoon.

It was decided to hold the next meeting on October 13, 2023 in Bishkek.

10:05

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has announced the agenda of the meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council, Report informs citing Kazakh media.

The leaders of the countries will discuss humanitarian partnership and security.

Opening the summit, Tokayev said that “important issues relating to humanitarian partnership, security and other aspects” of cooperation among the CIS member states were submitted for consideration by the heads of state.

The president of Kazakhstan also separately welcomed President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, who is participating in the CIS summit for the first time after being elected head of state in March this year, and wished him success in his state activities.

09:55

The meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State is starting on October 14 in Astana, Report informs.

The presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are taking part in it.

Ukraine and Moldova will not be represented at the summit. In recent years, Kyiv has suspended participation in CIS events, and the head of Moldova will not be able to attend the meeting due to a busy work schedule.

It is expected that at the summit the presidents will approve a draft action plan for holding in the CIS in 2023 the Year of Russian as the language of interethnic communication. It was also proposed to consider a draft plan of priority activities in the field of humanitarian cooperation for 2023-2024.

In addition, the first Russia-Central Asia summit will be held in the capital of Kazakhstan on the afternoon of October 14 in Astana, following which a joint statement will be adopted.