DUSHANBE, 31 May (BelTA) – Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov arrived in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on 31 May for the participation in a meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council, BelTA has learned.
The CIS Heads of Government Council meeting will be held under the chairmanship of Tajikistan's Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda on 1 June. The agenda of the meeting includes 14 issues aimed at expanding and strengthening economic, humanitarian and other areas of cooperation.
The heads of the delegations will exchange views on topical issues of economic cooperation and will review the progress in the negotiations on the draft agreement on free trade in services.
The heads of government are set to sign such important documents as the concept of cooperation in the field of innovative development of power engineering and development of advanced energy technologies, a priority action plan to implement it, and the agreement to develop the CIS intellectual property market.
The heads of government will review the documents on cooperation in waste electronic and electrical equipment treatment, distribution of documents on interstate standardization, in customs and innovation.
The humanitarian part of the meeting will include discussions of the provision of the CIS congress of teachers and education workers and the international youth project 100 Ideas for the CIS.
It is expected that a number of financial and personnel decisions will be adopted at the meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council.
During the visit to Dushanbe, Andrei Kobyakov is set to have bilateral meetings with the heads of government of the CIS member states.