PRESIDENT SARGSYAN LEAVING FOR BISHKEK
armradio.am
09.10.2008 11:57
President Serzh Sargsyan is leaving for Bishkek today to participate in
the sittings of the Council of Heads of State of CIS member states and
the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (EvrAzES).
The delegation headed by the President of Armenia comprises Foreign
Minister Edward Nalbandian, Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative
of Armenia in CIS structures, Armenian Ambassador to Belarus Oleg
Yesayan, other officials.
The sitting of the Council of CIS Presidents will be opened with the
meeting of the Heads of State, which will be followed by a meeting
in an enlarged format.
The Commonwealth leaders will discuss a broad framework of issues
related to the strategy of economic development of CIS until 2020,
cooperation in the energy sphere in 2009, as well as the further
development of the Commonwealth and the cooperation between member
states in different spheres.
In the capital of Kyrgyzstan President Sargsyan will participate
in the sitting of the Eurasian Economic Community. Armenia has the
status of an observer in that organization.