AzerTag, Azerbaijan
March 9 2004

ROLE OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN LIFE OF CIS PEOPLES DISCUSSED
[March 09, 2004, 14:58:48]

An int’l conference on the topic `Role of the Russian language in
life of the CIS peoples’ rounded in Bishkek city, Kyrgyz Republic.
President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev, Prime Minister Nikolay Tanayev,
renowned writer Chingiz Aytmatov, as well as scholars and lawyers
from Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Moldova,
Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Poland attended the Conference,
AzerTAj correspondent reported.

Opening was the conference Mr. Chingiz Aytmatov, who emphasized that
the role of the Russian language in the CIS area would gradually
rise.

In a 3-day Conference, the participants discussed the issues of
language policy, the role of the Russian language in the field of
education of Commonwealth, significance of the Russian language and
journalism in strengthening of the role of the Russian language in
CIS space, the role of the Russian-speaking population in the
historical-cultural life of the CIS states.