CIS leaders will adopt a statement in connection with the 35th anniversary of the commonwealth, Ushakov said

The heads of state of the CIS will adopt a joint statement in connection with the 35th anniversary of the founding of the commonwealth.

A meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS will take place on October 8–9 in the Avaza national tourist zone in Turkmenistan.

At the summit, the CIS Secretary General will present brief information on the results of the meeting in a narrow format and will report on the agenda in a wide format.

MOSCOW, October 6 - RIA Novosti. The heads of state of the CIS at the summit of the association, which will be held on Friday in the Avaza tourist zone in Turkmenistan, will adopt a joint statement in connection with the 35th anniversary of the formation of the commonwealth, said Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkmenistan on October 8-9. A meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State will take place on Friday in the Avaza national tourist zone on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, near the city of Turkmenbashi. The meeting will be held in a limited format and then continue in an expanded format, during which the CIS leaders will hear a number of reports.

“The CIS Secretary General will present brief information on the results of the meeting in a narrow format, report on the agenda in a wide format and, in particular, it will be especially noted that the summit will accept a statement by the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States in connection with the 35th anniversary of the formation of the commonwealth,” Ushakov told reporters, speaking about the rules of the meeting in an expanded format.

The summit participants plan to discuss and approve a number of documents in the field of security and law enforcement. Among them are the Concept for the development of information interaction in the fight against crimes committed using information and communication technologies, the Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement on Cooperation of CIS States in the Combating Crimes in the Field of Information Technologies, and the Second Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Transfer of Persons Sentenced to Imprisonment for Further Serving of Sentence.

The leaders will also make decisions on measures to form a positive image of the CIS and its member states in the information space, on thematic years within the CIS - “On declaring 2028 in the CIS as the Year of Social Development and Quality of Life” and “On declaring 2029 in the CIS as the Year of Transport Connectivity of the CIS.”

The agenda of the summit also includes a number of organizational issues, including the transfer of the functions of chairman and co-chairs in the commonwealth in 2027.