THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CRISIS IN CIS STATES IS TO BE THE MAIN THEME OF KISHINEV SUMMIT
ARMENPRESS
Oct 7, 2009
MOSCOW, OCTOBER 7, ARMENPRESS: At CIS summit, which is to be held
on October 9 in Kishinev, the main attention will be paid to the
discussion of the joint measures on the confrontation of the global
financial-economic crisis in CIS states, a source of the Russian
presidential administration told RIA "Novosti" at the threshold of
the summit. According to the source, a comprehensive agenda for the
session has been prepared.
It is intended that at the session of CIS Council of Heads of State
Russian Finance Minister Alexey Koudrin will present a report on the
joint measures for the confrontation of the global financial-economic
crisis in CIS states.
"It is expected that at the upcoming summit a decision will be adopted
on passing CIS presidential functions to Russia from Moldova from
January 1, 2010", the speaker for the agency said. On that occasion
the cooperation partners will be officially presented the concept
of Russia’s presidency and the project on measures intended for
its fulfillment.
According to a Kremlin source, those documents are focused on the
further extension of multi-planned cooperation by CIS template, as well
as on the increase of the practical part of the decisions being adopted
in the spheres of economy, migration and power engineering. "The
progress of scientific-technical and innovative cooperation in CIS
territory has been set as the primary theme of the Russian presidency,
taking into consideration that 2010 is declared a year of Sciences
and Innovations in CIS", Kremlin source added.