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By Gunay Hasanova

President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev has expressed in a restricted format his satisfaction over all the CIS countries reaching a consensus on the optimization of Commonwealth during the meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State on September 16, RIA Novosti reported.

“There were a lot of controversy about the CIS optimization, but I am glad that all countries could agree on a common point and already prepare documents to operate in an optimized mode,” he said.

He noted that the past 25 years since the formation of the CIS is a significant period to determine the progress achieved and indicate plans for the future.

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

The ministers reviewed 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 were among key issues.

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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