Tajikistan to chair CIS in 2011
MOSCOW – The chairmanship to the CIS for the next year will shift to Tajikistan, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at an expanded meeting of CIS Heads of State on Friday, RIA Novosti reported.
He also said that Moscow would host an informal summit of CIS countries at the end of next year.
Current chairman of the CIS is Russia. Chairman changes once per year.
The next summit of CIS states will be held in Dushanbe in September next year.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also attended the meeting.
The CIS includes Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
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