On October 7, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part in the informal meeting of the heads of states of the Commonwealth of Independent States held in St. Petersburg at the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedow, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan also took part in the summit.
At the event, topical issues related to preparations for the next meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, which will be held in Astana next week, were discussed.
Important aspects of multilateral cooperation and regional partnership were discussed. Special attention was paid to the expansion of close relations in trade-economic, investment, transport-communication spheres.
Thus, the head of state completed his practical visit to Russia and returned to Tashkent.
