CIS foreign ministers to discuss multilevel ministerial consultations

The issue of multilevel ministerial consultations within the CIS will be discussed at a meeting of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council in Dushanbe, First Deputy Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee – CIS Executive Secretary Leonid Anfimov told the media, BelTA has learned.

“The meeting of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council is due to take place in Dushanbe on 8 April,” Leonid Anfimov said.

According to him, there are eight issues on the agenda. “The main ones include the implementation of the multilevel ministerial consultations plan, the action program to enhance cooperation between the CIS ministries of foreign affairs, the list of promising research projects corresponding to the priority areas of fundamental research. The council is also set to discuss the issue related to the international project “CIS Youth Capital”, define the basic organization in tourism and amendments to the statute of the Bureau for the Coordination of the Fight Against Organized Crime,” the first deputy chairman said.

The CIS Executive Committee in Minsk is hosting a meeting of the CIS Plenipotentiaries Council on 18 January. The CIS plenipotentiaries are to discuss the draft agenda for the next session of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council and approve the work plan of the CIS Plenipotentiaries Council for 2022.