ArmInfo.On October 10, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian in Sochi participated and spoke at a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council began in a narrow format, then continued in an expanded format with the participation of delegations.
The agenda of the meeting included two dozen documents aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the organization's activities, strengthening the interaction of CIS member countries in the field of law enforcement, as well as humanitarian, cultural and educational spheres, which were approved by the ministers.
The Ministers of Foreign Affairs approved the draft declaration of the CIS heads of state on "Supporting the Institute of Family and Traditional Family Values".
The meeting participants approved the draft decision on the announcement of 2019 in the CIS as the Year of the book. The parties touched on the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CIS member states exchanged views on a number of topical issues on the international agenda. It was decided to convene the next meeting of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council in April 2018 in Minsk.