DUSHANBE, October 7, Asia-Plus — President Emomali Rahmon will not take part at a session of the CIS council of heads of state that will be held in Chisinau, Moldova on October 9,
According to presidential press service, Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov will represent Tajikistan at the CIS summit in Moldova.
In the meantime, Russia media report that presidents of Kazakhstan (Nursultan Nazarbayev) and Turkmenistan (Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov) will not attend the summit as well. Kazakhstan will be represented by the prime minister at the summit and Turkmenistan will be represented by the vice-premier.
According to the CIS Executive Council, the session of the CIS council of heads of state in Chisinau is scheduled to consider some 20 draft documents related to expansion of cooperation between the CIS states in mitigating effects of the global financial crisis, extending integration process in the humanitarian sphere, providing security as well as optimizing the procedure of activities of the CIS institutions.
Draft documents on cooperation in maintaining international security and stability as well as addressing new threats and challenges and preventing organized crime are among major topics of the meeting, which will also consider draft resolutions on appointment of head of the CIS antiterrorist center and the CIS rotating presidency.
