Kazakhstan takes part in the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers meeting

Nur-Sultan, December 10, 2020 - A regular meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held online.

As part of the event, the foreign ministers of the CIS member states discussed a wide range of issues on the international and regional agenda.

The meeting approved the draft joint statements of the heads of state dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Organization, as well as cooperation in the field of international information security.

The Council of Heads of State will be held online on December 18 this year. The foreign ministers paid special attention to further collaboration within the framework of the Commonwealth. Thus, the draft program documents were approved - the Concept for the Further Development of the CIS and the Plan of Main Measures for its Implementation, the Concept of Military Cooperation of the CIS Member States until 2025, the Program of Cooperation of the CIS Member States in Strengthening Border Security at External Borders for 2021-2025.

The participants also adopted organizational and personnel decisions. The plan of multi-level inter-ministerial consultations within the CIS for 2021 was approved.

The CIS includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.