The next meeting of the Council of heads of governments of the CIS will be held on may 29, 2015 in the Kazakh capital Astana, said the head of the Executive Committee of the CIS Sergey Lebedev.

on the last working day of the week in the Turkmen capital Ashgabat held meeting of the Board.

" on the proposal of the Republic of Kazakhstan decided to hold the next meeting of the Council of heads of governments of approximately 29 may 2015 in Astana ", - said Lebedev at the enlarged meeting of the Council.

According to Lebedev, the meeting of the Council in the narrow part of the head of delegations discussed issues of economic cooperation, as well as among them the implementation of the provisions of the Treaty on the free trade area.

in the meeting of the Council of heads of governments on the last working day of the week involved the premiere of seven countries - Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Azerbaijan itself Turkmenistan presents the first Vice-premiers, Ukraine Ambassador in Turkmenistan, and Moldova Ambassador in Belarus.

the CIS is comprised of eleven countries - all former Soviet republics except Georgia and the three Baltic countries joined the EU. Ukraine and Moldova in 2014 signed a Treaty of Union With the European Union, Ukraine in addition raised the issue of withdrawal from the Commonwealth. On the reverse side of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia To make 2015 the Eurasian economic Union, to connect to which is also planning Kyrgyzstan.

The free trade zone of the CIS create eight republics except Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Tajikistan signed the Treaty, but until ratified.

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