President Alexander Lukashenko arrives on working visit to Sochi

10 октября 2017

Tomorrow the Belarusian leader will take part in the meetings of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS and the Higher Eurasian Economic Council.

Alexander Lukashenko will present the approaches of Belarus to the development of the CIS and the EAEU. The focus is on expanding cooperation, improving the activities of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and adapting it to contemporary realities. At the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, the leaders will consider 16 issues.

Today Sochi hosted the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the CIS countries. In a narrow and expanded format, the parties exchanged views on a wide range of issues on the international and regional agendas, discussed the development and strengthening of cooperation. In addition, a package of documents was agreed upon for the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth. These are the concepts of cooperation in countering corruption, the exchange of information in the field of combating terrorism and other manifestations of extremism, as well as their financing.

The CIS foreign ministers also approved the projects of the leaders of the Commonwealth countries on supporting the institution of the family and traditional family values.