Putin to hold CIS summit in Sochi on Oct 11 - Kremlin

MOSCOW, October 9. /TASS/. The 2018 CIS summit will be held in Dushanbe in the first half of October and the powers of the CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev will most probably be prolonged by two years, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told the media as he previewed likely decisions to be made at the CIS summit in Sochi on October 11. "On October 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting of the CIS heads of state. The presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan have confirmed participation," Ushakov said. Kyrgyzstan will be represented by its prime minister, as President Almazbek Atambayev is involved in preparations for the presidential election due on October 15. By tradition the leaders of a number of regional organizations, including the CIS, the Union State of Russia and Belarus, the CSTO and the Eurasian Economic Commission have been invited. Summit’s agenda The summit’s agenda envisages behind-closed-doors and wider meetings and the signing of final documents. "There are five main issues on the agenda. Nineteen documents are ready for signature," Ushakov said. "In 2018 Tajikistan will take over the CIS presidency from Russia." Matters related to the next CIS summit will be discussed. "It is expected to be held in Dushanbe in the first half of October 2018," he added. Read more