Nine Of 12 Presidents Of CIS Countries To Participate In Summit In B

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NINE OF 12 PRESIDENTS OF CIS COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMIT IN BISHKEK

ARMENPRESS
Oct 9, 2008

BISHKEK, OCTOBER 9, ARMENPRESS: The summit of the council of heads
of the CIS countries will take place October 10 in Bishkek with the
participation of nine of the 12 presidents of the CIS countries,
Kyrgyz foreign ministry reported.

Tomorrow Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakh President
Nursultan Nazarbayev, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Moldovan
President Vladimir Voronin, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev,
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmonov, Turkmen President
Ghurbanghulu Berdimuhamedov, Uzbekistani President Islam Karimov,
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev will participate in the works of
the summit.

In connection with the presidential elections in Azerbaijan instead
of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of the country
Arthur Rasizade will participate in the session.

Georgia which has declared of quitting its membership to CIS will
not send an official delegation to Bishkek.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported that stemming from the political
situation in the country Victor Yushchenko will not participate in
the session as well.