CIS Heads of State Council to highlight security issues at Minsk meeting in October

          Security issues will be at the forefront of the CIS Heads of State Council meeting in Minsk in October, Belarus’ permanent plenipotentiary to the statutory and other bodies of the CIS Vasily Pugachev told media.
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        “The key event of the year in the CIS is the forthcoming meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council which are due in Minsk on 25 October. We are going to develop their agendas.
The draft agenda of the CIS Heads of State Council meeting includes about 20 issues that can be divided into three groups: security, humanitarian activities and organizational issues.
        Other documents envisaged for consideration will include the announcement of the year of 2014 the Year of Tourism and the year 2015 the Year of the Veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in the Commonwealth of Independent States. In this respect there are plans to consider the institution of state awards to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War”.