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CIS leaders discuss development, cooperation

Xinhua, June 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Prime ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) gathered in the Kyrgyz capital on Tuesday to discuss development and integration among CIS member states, Kyrgyz press service reported.

The agenda of the meeting includes cooperation in trade and economics, energy, health care, food security and innovation.

Before the start of the meeting, Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev expressed confidence that this meeting would pave the way for the CIS Heads of State Council Summit scheduled in September in Bishkek.

The CIS Heads of Government Council, established in 1991, is the second major body in the CIS after the CIS Heads of State Council. Endi