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St. Petersburg to host CIS heads of government meeting on 18 October

MINSK, 23 August (BelTA) - The draft agenda of the forthcoming meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government to be held in St. Petersburg on 18 October includes about 20 issues, the chairman of the CIS Executive Committee - Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev told reporters ahead of a meeting of the CIS Council of Permanent Representatives in Minsk.

“The key issue on the agenda is the new treaty on free trade. Work on the document continues. There are still, unfortunately, some difficulties with agreeing on the details, but we hope that the work will be successfully completed and the treaty will be signed,” the press service of the CIS Executive Committee quoted Sergei Lebedev as saying.

The agenda will also include the draft interstate program of cooperation in innovations between the CIS countries until 2020. According to Sergei Lebedev, successful economic development is impossible without innovations in today’s fast-paced world. Therefore, it is important for the CIS to strengthen such cooperation and make it more effective.

In addition, it is expected that the heads of government will discuss the plan of action to implement the second phase of the CIS Economic Development Strategy for the period up to 2020. The second phase is designed for 2012-2015, and involves a number of concrete actions and measures in energy and transport sectors, food security. “It is aimed at improving the economic situation, increasing the economic potential of the CIS countries, joint solution of the problems facing our nations,” noted the chairman of the CIS Executive Committee.

The draft agenda of the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government is also expected to incorporate the draft concept of strategic development of rail transport, the agreement on basic principles of policy in currency regulation and currency control in the CIS countries, the concept of concerted social and demographic policy and other issues.

All in all, the CIS Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives considered five issues. The meeting participants were updated on the progress made in the implementation of the CIS 20th Anniversary Action Plan. The document includes 36 events, with 19 of them planned for Q3 and Q4 2011. According to Sergei Lebedev, the interstate exhibition, CIS: 20 Years On, held at the All-Russia Exhibition Hall in Moscow from 28 June to 2 July was one of the key events on the plan. Partaking in it were all 11 CIS member states. The expo contributed towards deeper cooperation between the CIS countries in exhibition activities.

The plenipotentiary representatives also coordinated candidacy of Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee, CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev for heading the CIS observation mission at the presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan. They also supported the CIS recommendation to bestow the CIS Award upon people making big contribution to the CIS development.

The meeting participants approved the draft agenda for their next meeting scheduled for 20 September.

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