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Informal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State

An informal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State was held at the Kremlin.

May 15, 2012
20:30
The Kremlin, Moscow
With President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.
With President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.
At a meeting with President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.
President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.
Meeting with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
With President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.
With President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
With President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
With President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
With President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Before the informal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.
Informal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.
At informal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.
Informal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.
At informal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State.

Given the informal nature of the meeting, which did not have a set agenda, the heads of CIS Background information Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member states exchanged views on key areas of the CIS activities and development and prospects for further broadening the multidimensional cooperation within the CIS framework. In particular, significant attention was given to deepening economic integration processes within the Commonwealth.

Participants in the meeting included President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev Aliyev Ilham Aliyev IlhamPresident of Azerbaijan , President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan Sargsyan Serzh Sargsyan Serzh , President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko Lukashenko Alexander Lukashenko AlexanderPresident of Belarus , President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev Nazarbayev Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan , President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev Atambayev Almazbek Atambayev Almazbek , President of Moldova Nicolae Timofti, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon Rahmon Emomali Rahmon EmomaliPresident of Tajikistan , President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Berdimuhamedov Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Gurbanguly , President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych Yanukovych Viktor Yanukovych Viktor and President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov Karimov Islam Karimov Islam . 

* * *

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, friends,

I am happy to welcome you all to this informal meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State. I appreciate that you have all responded constructively to our invitation to come to Moscow, and that you were able to find the time to do so.

In opening our meeting, I would like to once again stress that the nations of the Commonwealth are literally our closest strategic partners. All aspects of our interactions with you are vitally important for our nation: these include issues of socio-economic development, strengthening humanitarian ties, contacts between our citizens and, of course, cooperation on the international arena.

The CIS summit and the CSTO Background information Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) meeting are the first major international events to take place after Russia’s presidential election. It is true that many things unite us – first and foremost, solid traditions of friendship and good neighbourly relations between our peoples. We have a common past that spans many centuries; in more recent history, all of us were united by the Great Patriotic War and our Victory in that war, the anniversary of which we celebrated just recently.

Fortunately, we have maintained close economic, interregional, cultural and humanitarian ties. As a matter of fact, we cannot function and develop effectively in isolation from one another. Now, we face similar challenges in modernising our economies, countering new problems and threats, and working to form a more equitable and just world order.

Drawing on the solid foundation of our multidimensional cooperation, we have recently done a great deal to strengthen the CIS and other integration associations in the post-Soviet area – I am referring to our Agreement on a free trade zone, the Customs Union Background information Customs Union between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan , the Common Economic Space and other areas such as the CSTO, the Union State of Russia and Belarus, and others.

Among the regional associations I named, associations that differ in format, in the nature of challenges they address and the depth of integration process, the Commonwealth holds a special place as an organisation that unites the most representative composition of participants. That said, priority importance is given to further intensifying joint work with you to form an integrated economic and political union within the framework of the CIS, allowing for the efficient development of each of its participants. On the path to achieving this strategic goal, the Commonwealth will need to resolve many specific practical issues pertaining, in part, to the creation of a common economic and humanitarian space, improving the system of regional security, and increasing the international prestige of our association.

Today, we will discuss the most topical issues in our multidimensional cooperation in an informal setting. I am certain that we will have a sincere, friendly discussion. I am confident that it will benefit all the CIS member states and help to enhance the role of our Organisation.

See also

Meeting with President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov
May 15, 2012
Meeting with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych
May 15, 2012
Meeting with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
May 15, 2012
Meeting with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
May 15, 2012
Meeting with President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev
May 15, 2012

Topics

  • CIS
  • Foreign policy

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  • Aliyev Ilham
  • Atambayev Almazbek
  • Berdimuhamedov Gurbanguly
  • Karimov Islam
  • Lukashenko Alexander
  • Nazarbayev Nursultan
  • Rahmon Emomali
  • Sargsyan Serzh
  • Yanukovych Viktor
  • 5 more

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Publication date: May 15, 2012, 20:30

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