Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will participate in the next meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State that will take place in the Russian city of Sochi on October 11.
According to the press center of the CIS Executive Committee, the meeting will focus on the issues related to further expansion of cooperation between the CIS member nations in the key areas.
The heads of state are also expected to exchange views on regional and international issues being of mutual interest.
They will also discuss the CIS chairmanship and the date and venue for the next CIS summit.
The meeting with the participation of the delegations will focus on important matters related to further expansion of cooperation in the economic, cultural and humanitarian areas, the defense policy, the protection of external borders, the fight against terrorism and also a number of projects to help the CIS adjust to new realities.
While in Sochi, Tajik leader will hold a number of bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the CIS summit.
Today, Emomali Rahmon is scheduled to hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Citing Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov, Russian media outlets report that Putin and Rahmon will exchange opinions on current regional issues. “Russia and Tajikistan take similar positions within integration associations and international organizations: UN, OSCE, CIS, SCO and CSTO,” Ushakov was quoted as saying.
He reiterated that Russia regularly provides humanitarian help to Tajikistan, and its total amount in the bilateral format stood at $12 million in 2008-2016. The Russian leader’s aide reported that "in 2017, there are plans to invest 7 million U.S. million dollars more as Russia’s regular contribution to the fund of the UN World Food Programme."
Established on December 1991 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional organization. It now consists of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. Georgia pulled out of the organization in 2009.
