A series of three summits beginning with the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) and ending with a summit of the leaders of Russia and Central Asia, with a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States Heads of State Council, concluded in Astana, Kazakhstan yesterday. The discussion at the CIS meeting focused on key aspects of interaction within the CIS, ways to improve the organization’s efficiency and the performance of its executive and industry-related bodies, reported the Kremlin News Service.
The CIS heads of state adopted a package of documents including resolutions on the role of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly, on support of the Russian language and on other matters. “Based on the primary responsibility for ensuring our security, we will continue to encourage six-party cooperation and information exchange focused on countering terrorism and extremism, illegal migration, and illegal drug production and trafficking,” said a joint statement issued following the summit.
