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During the session of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Belarus explained its stance on matters of regional security before colleagues from CIS member states. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei talked about important items on the agenda and Belarus’ approaches before the session, BelTA reports. Participants of the session of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council also discussed a program designed to guide interaction between the ministries of foreign affairs in the next period.

Among important matters on the session’s agenda Vladimir Makei mentioned the draft CIS strategy on information security. The important documents also include an agreement on cooperation in counteracting corruption, a program on cooperation in fighting terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism in 2020-2022.

Apart from that, on 11 October the CIS Heads of State Council is expected to pass an address to CIS nations and the international community on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Soviet nation’s victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. This is why preparations for celebrating this anniversary next year are being discussed at events organized within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States.