POLITICS
SUMMIT OF CIS HEADS OF STATE TO BE HELD IN YALTA
The summit of Heads of CIS countries is due on September 18-19 in Yalta. Premier of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev is also expected to participate in the summit. He will to hold tete-a-tete meetings with President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and President of Georgia Eduard Shevardnaze.
The sitting of Council of Heads of Governments will be held on September 18. Azerbaijan will be represented by deputy Prime Minister Arthur Rasizadeh.
Moreover, it is scheduled to hold a meeting of CIS Foreign Ministers.
On September 17, first deputies Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Arthur Rasizadeh and Abbas Abbasov, Minister of Foreign Affairs Villayat Guliyev arrived in Yalta.
An official opening of the summit of Heads of CIS countries is due on September 19 in the Livaia Palace.