ARMENIAN PRESIDENT PARTICIPATES IN SESSION OF COUNCIL OF HEADS OF CIS COUNTRIES WHICH KICKES OFF IN BISHKEK

ARMENPRESS
Oct 10, 2008

BISHKEK, OCTOBER 10, ARMENPRESS: The session of the council of heads
of the CIS countries kicked off today in Bishkek in which President of
Armenia Serzh Sargsyan also takes part. Georgia, which has declared
of withdrawing its membership from CIS, is not participating in
the session.

On October 9 in the session of the council of foreign ministers of the
CIS countries a technical decision was made on quitting the membership
of Georgia to the organization.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Ukrainian President Victor
Yushchenko are not participating in the session either: the
Azerbaijani president – because of coming presidential elections,
and the Ukrainian president because of inner-political situation in
the country. Azerbaijan is represented in the session by the prime
minister of the country and Ukraine by the secretary of the National
Security and Defense Council.

During the session the participants will discuss 20 draft documents,
and the focus will particularly be made on the project of the strategy
of social-economic development by 2020. It is a comprehensive document
which reflects the views of the member-states over the social-economic
development, and their prospects taking into consideration the
integration processes taking place within the CIS. They will also
refer to the issues on overcoming the consequences of international
financial crisis.

On the second half of the day Serzh Sargsyan will participate in the
works of the session of Inter-State Council of the Eurasian Economic
Association.