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The regular meeting of the Council of Permanent Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Commonwealth Member States to the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth took place on September 16 in Minsk, the press service of the CIS Executive Committee reported.
At the meeting, the permanent representatives reviewed preparations for the next meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government, which will take place on September 29 in the Belarusian capital.
The draft agenda for the meeting includes 14 items (25 draft documents). These include the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Commonwealth of Independent States for 2026–2035, as well as documents regulating cooperation in forestry and the forest industry, agriculture, the digitalization of key multimodal transport corridors, and the development of the information society and digital economy.
The draft agenda of the CIS Economic Development Strategy includes the draft Concept of Pricing in Construction Activities of the CIS Member States and the Plan of Key Actions for its Implementation, as well as the Plan of Actions for the Implementation of the Second Stage of the CIS Economic Development Strategy until 2030.
In addition, it is planned to consider issues related to cooperation in the field of peaceful use of nuclear energy, the holding of the Year of Health in the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2026, and innovative cooperation.
The permanent plenipotentiary representatives also reviewed preparations for the next meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, scheduled to take place in October in Dushanbe.
The draft agenda of the next meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers includes 9 issues (8 draft documents), and the draft agenda of the meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State includes 17 issues (17 draft documents).
The summit is expected to include an exchange of views on cooperation within the Commonwealth and a review of the work of the Human Rights Commission in developing cooperation in the human rights field.
In addition, the heads of state will be asked to adopt a number of joint statements – in connection with the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the creation of the United Nations, and on law enforcement issues.
The heads of state will also focus on military cooperation, collaboration in ensuring regional energy security, and cooperation in countering terrorism and extremism.
