First Vice Premier of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyubov attended the regular meeting of the CIS Economic Council.

The agenda includes 21 issues regarding the actual problems of the economic cooperation of Commonwealth countries, eight of which will be submitted to the CIS Council of Heads of State.

Addressing the participants, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee Vladimir Rushaylo highlighted that this meeting will be very important for the Commonwealth states. The heads of state should adopt the conception on development of the Commonwealth and coordinate the CIS countries in the economic area.

The First Vice Premier of Ukraine Niklay Azarov was elected the Chairman of the CIS Economic Council.