The meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) took place in Moscow on Monday.

The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Asadov, Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov, Chairman of the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS, Head of the Administration of the President of Kyrgyzstan Okilbek Japarov, Chairman of the Government of Russia Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kohir Rasulzoda, Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Mher Grigoryan, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Khojamirat Geldimiradov, General Secretary of the CIS Sergey Lebedev.

At the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the multilateral cooperation and cultural-humanitarian cooperation of the CIS.

They adopted the joint statement of the heads of government of the CIS member states on the prospects of cultural and humanitarian cooperation. the statement recognized the high untapped potential of cooperation in the development of partnership, friendship and good neighborly relations between countries, expresses the desire to strengthen friendship ties, expand and deepen cultural cooperation between countries, confirms the main goals of cultural and humanitarian cooperation.

The document talks about helping to deepen intercultural dialogue, strengthening mutual understanding and mutual respect for the cultural traditions of the CIS countries, respecting and taking into account the interests of all countries, readiness to form the entire scope of interstate cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian area on the basis of mutual cooperation.