OFFICIAL NEWS
PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV ATTENDS INFORMAL MEETING OF CIS LEADERS
Nine meetings have been held since the first informal meeting that took place August 18, 2000 in Yalta.
It is the second informal meeting in 2008. It gathered all leaders of all CIS member countries.
Russia is an initiator of the Saint Petersburg meeting.
President of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Chairman of the CIS, congratulated Armenian and Russian leaders on their elections as the President.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shared his opinion on the security within the CIS, humanitarian cooperation and prospects for economic cooperation.
Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev delivered a report on forming the CIS economic development strategy, strengthening the transport cooperation and ensuring the food security.
The meeting also focused on a number of other issues of mutual interest.
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