CIS Heads of Government Council meeting kicks off in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE, 01.06.2018. /NIAT “Khovar”/. The meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States /CIS/ chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan Qohir Rasulzoda kicks off in the capital city of Tajikistan — Dushanbe.
It is expected that first of all the Prime Ministers and leaders of CIS delegations will be received by the Founder of Peace and National Unity — Leader of the Nation, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
As the NIAT “Khovar” correspondent was reported by the press service of the CIS Executive Committee, the agenda of the meeting includes 14 issues aimed at expanding and strengthening economic, humanitarian and other areas of cooperation.
The meeting will traditionally take place in two formats.
The heads of delegations will exchange views on topical issues of economic cooperation and will discuss the progress of negotiations on the draft Agreement on Free Trade in Services.
The heads of government are set to sign such important documents as the Concept of cooperation in the field of innovative development of power engineering and development of advanced energy technologies, a priority action plan to implement it, and the agreement to develop the CIS intellectual property market.
In addition, the participants of the meeting of the Council of Heads of Government will review documents related to cooperation in the field of waste management of electronic and electrical equipment, the distribution of documents on interstate standardization, customs and innovation.
It will be adopted a Complex of joint actions for the prevention and control of rabies in the period up to 2025.
The humanitarian part of the meeting will include discussions of the provision of the CIS congress of teachers and education workers and the international youth project 100 Ideas for the CIS. It is expected that a number of financial and personnel decisions will be adopted at the meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council.
We will recall that since January 1, 2018 the CIS chairmanship passed to the Republic of Tajikistan.