SESSION OF THE HEADS OF CIS GOVERNMENTS KICKS OFF IN MINSK

ARMENPRESS
May 23, 2008

MINSK, MAY 23, ARMENPRESS: The session of the council of the heads
of the governments of the CIS countries kicked off in Minsk with
the participation of the Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian,
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani Prime Minister
Arthur Rasizade, Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze, Kyrgyz
Prime Minister Igor Chudinov, Tajik Prime Minister Akil Akilov,
Moldovan Prime Minister Zinaida Grechanaya, Ukrainian Prime Minister
Yulia Timoshenko, Uzbekistani Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Kasimov,
Kazakhstan Deputy Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeev, Turkmen Deputy
Chairman of the Ministers’ Cabinet Rashid Meredov.

Addressing to the participants of the session Belarus President
Alexander Lukashenko stated that the main issue of the participants
is to "fill the partnership with concrete content". "We are expected
to carry out active work for boosting cooperation and make rational
suggestions for bringing to life all the initiatives," he stated.

Belarus president noted that the main vectors have already been
established in the concept of the further development of the CIS.

The agenda of the session of the heads of the governments includes
a wide range of issues on cooperation among the member states.