October 17, 2006 - 14:32 AMT
CIS Leaders to Meet for Summit in Late November
CIS leaders will meet for a summit in late November, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov stated in Minsk after the session of the Commonwealth Council of FMs. «The time of holding the summit is being specified,» he remarked. «A rich exchange of views was held in Minsk, which reaffirmed the CIS inclination to enhance effectiveness in compliance with the commissions of the CIS Presidents,» the Russian FM said. Lavrov also reported that «a report on the course of work of the high level group on enhancing CIS effectiveness was also heard,» reports ITAR-TASS.