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Russia FM to depart for Dushanbe to attend CIS FMs Council meeting
MOSCOW, September 1 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov is departing for Dushanbe on Thursday where on September 2 he will
attend a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
The agenda includes 17 items.
According to RF Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich, "the
ministers will discuss topical issues of multilateral cooperation within
the Commonwealth, exchange views on promising spheres of further
cooperation within the CIS framework, including issues of harmonisation of
regional integration processes."
In connection with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the
organisation the foreign ministers will consider a draft Analytical Report
"The Results of CIS Activities over 20 years and Tasks for the Future."
The document's text will be submitted for approval by the Heads of State
and Government of the Commonwealth.
Touching on issues of security in the region Lukashevich said that the
officials plan to discuss draft documents "designed to give further
impetus to the development of collective interaction in the law
enforcement sphere, in the spheres of ensuring security and combating
terrorism, migration and demographic policies, in the humanitarian sector,
raising the effectiveness of the work of separate bodies of sectoral
cooperation."
"Tajikistan will chair the meeting of CIS foreign ministers in
Dushanbe," Lukashevich said earlier. "The ministers will discuss the
international agenda, the CIS bilateral cooperation and future of
cooperation in the organisation." They will exchange views on regional
cooperation, integration in Europe and Asia, he said. The sides will also
discuss a draft joint statement. The agenda will include a draft of the
agreement on immortalisation of the CIS peoples' heroism in World War II,
which is expected to be signed later on by the presidents. Besides, the
foreign ministers will pay attention to joint effort in fighting terrorism
and drug trafficking in the region.
The ministers' meeting precedes a meeting of the Council of the CIS
Heads of State and Government scheduled for September 3, also in the
Tajikistani capital.
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Lavrov is departing for Dushanbe on Thursday where on September 2 he will
attend a meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
The agenda includes 17 items.
According to RF Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich, "the
ministers will discuss topical issues of multilateral cooperation within
the Commonwealth, exchange views on promising spheres of further
cooperation within the CIS framework, including issues of harmonisation of
regional integration processes."
In connection with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the
organisation the foreign ministers will consider a draft Analytical Report
"The Results of CIS Activities over 20 years and Tasks for the Future."
The document's text will be submitted for approval by the Heads of State
and Government of the Commonwealth.
Touching on issues of security in the region Lukashevich said that the
officials plan to discuss draft documents "designed to give further
impetus to the development of collective interaction in the law
enforcement sphere, in the spheres of ensuring security and combating
terrorism, migration and demographic policies, in the humanitarian sector,
raising the effectiveness of the work of separate bodies of sectoral
cooperation."
"Tajikistan will chair the meeting of CIS foreign ministers in
Dushanbe," Lukashevich said earlier. "The ministers will discuss the
international agenda, the CIS bilateral cooperation and future of
cooperation in the organisation." They will exchange views on regional
cooperation, integration in Europe and Asia, he said. The sides will also
discuss a draft joint statement. The agenda will include a draft of the
agreement on immortalisation of the CIS peoples' heroism in World War II,
which is expected to be signed later on by the presidents. Besides, the
foreign ministers will pay attention to joint effort in fighting terrorism
and drug trafficking in the region.
The ministers' meeting precedes a meeting of the Council of the CIS
Heads of State and Government scheduled for September 3, also in the
Tajikistani capital.
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