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By Gunay Hasanova

The meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers kicked off in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on September 16.

The meeting is expected to focus on 16 issues related to multilateral cooperation within CIS.

Moreover, the foreign ministers will discuss the practical measures regarding the further expanding the multifaceted cooperation between the CIS countries and exchange views on the relevant international issues.

The ministers will review the draft joint statements of the heads of states on the 25th anniversary of CIS, combating international terrorism, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the completion of Nuremberg Tribunal and the world drug problem. Further steps to optimize the activities of CIS will be among key issues.

Previously, it was reported that the countries plan to sign some documents on organizational decisions, particularly regarding Russian chairmanship in the CIS in 2017.

The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was created in December 1991. The CIS united Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine.

However, in 2008 Georgia withdrew its membership.

The CIS has few supranational powers but aims to be more than a purely symbolic organization, nominally possessing coordinating powers in the realm of trade, finance, lawmaking, and security.

Integration of the countries in the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States is executed through its coordinating institutions (charter bodies, executive bodies and the bodies of branch cooperation of the CIS).

The Council of the Heads of States is one of the charter bodies.

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