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18 December 2020, 12:26

Lukashenko partakes in CIS summit

MINSK, 18 December (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko is taking part in a videoconference session of the CIS Council of Heads of State on 18 December, BelTA has learned.

At the beginning of his speech Aleksandr Lukashenko thanked Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev for the active and productive efforts of Uzbekistan as the country presiding in the CIS in 2020. “I appreciate the professionalism of our Uzbekistani friends who had to fulfill their mission in such fire-hazardous environment. Our friend, the president of Azerbaijan, just spoke about one of such fires which had emerged on the post-Soviet space in the CIS zone of responsibility. Don't forget about the events in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan. Ukraine is facing issues today. So we can say that this is a real fire,” the Belarusian head of state said.

The leaders of Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will share opinions on cooperation in the CIS (this time the summit is not attended by Armenia's representative).

According to Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Sergei Lebedev, shortly before the summit the CIS Executive Committee received a note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia which stated that due to unexpected circumstances Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan would not attend the meeting. Sergei Lebedev explained that the representatives of Armenia had taken part in the detailed preparation of documents for the summit. Therefore, after the approval by the CIS heads of state the documents will be sent to Yerevan for signing by the Armenian side.

It is expected that the CIS heads of state will discuss and approve the new wording of the CIS further development concept and a plan to implement it. One of the crucial issues on the agenda will be the development and enhancement of inter-parliamentary cooperation between the CIS member states.

During the summit a decision will be made that the presidency in the CIS will be taken over by Belarus. Uzbekistan and the currently presiding Kazakhstan will co-chair in the organization.

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