CIS Foreign Ministers Meeting Begins in Almaty

The meeting will be followed by separate Russia-Central Asia discussions involving the foreign ministers of the respective countries.

A meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers, without delegations, has kicked off in Almaty, The Caspian Post reports citing TASS.

Before the meeting, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu greeted the CIS foreign ministers with a handshake. The Russian delegation is being led by Russia’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov.

The meeting will be followed by separate Russia-Central Asia talks between the foreign ministers.