Leaders of nine CIS countries confirmed participation in the summit in Turkmenistan

The leaders of nine CIS countries confirmed their participation in the summit in Turkmenistan, said Russian Presidential Assistant for International Affairs Yuri Ushakov.

Putin will visit Turkmenistan on a working visit on October 8-9. He will take part in the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS and the Caspian Environmental Summit.

“As for the summit itself, nine heads of CIS states confirmed their participation,” Ushakov told reporters.

He clarified that in addition to the leaders of Russia and Turkmenistan - Vladimir Putin and Serdar Berdimuhamedov - the summit will be attended by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

“And for the first time in the history of the CIS, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, was invited to an expanded meeting of the summit, who will later take part in the environmental summit,” Ushakov said.