Uzbekistan to host the Summit of Heads of States of the CIS in 2020

Uzbekistan will host the Summit of Heads of States of the CIS in 2020 and to be the co-chair in the Commonwealth next year, reports press service of Uzbek MFA.

It should be noted that over the past period, the Uzbekistan has joined 10 sectoral cooperation bodies of the Commonwealth. Uzbekistan became a full member of the Interparliamentary Assembly, joined the Plant Quarantine Coordination Council, the Interstate Council for Cooperation in Scientific, Technical and Innovation Spheres, the Council on Agro-Industrial Complex Issues, the Commission on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of CIS member states, a high-level working group on development of an Agreement on the Free Trade Zone of Services within the CIS and others.

Uzbekistan supports the formation of mutual markets, simplification of customs procedures, effective use of international and regional transport corridors within the CIS.

Recall, the CIS Heads of States has a meeting in St.Petersburg, Russia, on December 6. The meeting was also attended by the presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Azerbaijan I.Aliyev, the Republic of Belarus A.Lukashenko, the Kyrgyz President S.Zheenbekov, the President of Moldova  I.Dodon, the Russian President V.Putin, the President of Tajikistan E. Rahmon, Turkmenistan President G. Berdimuhamedov, Republic of Uzbekistan  Sh. Mirziyoyev, Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia N. Pashinyan.

"The Qazaq Times"