NON-OFFICIAL CIS SUMMIT TO TAKE PLACE DECEMBER 19 IN ASTANA

ARMENPRESS
Dec 17, 2008

ASTANA, DECEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS: The CIS non-official summit will take
place December 19 in Astana. Official representative of the Foreign
Ministry of Kazakhstan Erzhan Ashikbayev informed that presidents of
Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and
Uzbekistan are invited to the summit.

"It is supposed that during the meeting of the presidents they
will exchange ideas on the urgent issues of development of regional
cooperation as well as will discuss issues connected with the world
financial crisis", E. Ashikbayev said.

According to him, "possible means of confrontation of the crisis and
not allowing its uncontrolled spread in the region" will be discussed
during the non-official summit.

"Heads of the countries will give their assessment to the situation
in the region connected with the fight against military-political
security, challenges and threats", noted the official representative
of Foreign Ministry of Kazakhstan.