Friday, November 2 2018 18:53

ArmInfo. A meeting of the  Council of CIS Heads of Government was held in Astana. Traditionally,  it took place in a narrow and extended formulations.

The meeting was attended by the prime ministers of Kazakhstan,  Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, as  well as Acting First Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, Deputy  Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, Ambassador of  Moldova to Belarus, Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative to the  CIS, Chairman of the CIS Executive Committee.

Mirzoyan made a speech in which he stressed the importance of raising  the effectiveness of the CIS, as well as deepening ties in various  areas. He stressed the importance of the practical application of the  potential of the CIS for the development of national economies and  improving the welfare of the republics.

In a narrow composition, an exchange of views took place on topical  issues of the economic interaction of the CIS member countries. The  heads of government delegations at the same time voiced a number of  proposals aimed at further improving joint activities. The Kazakh  side raised issues of strengthening trade relations, implementing  joint projects in the space industry, stepping up work on the  transition of economies to digitalization, implementation of joint  initiatives of member countries in the development of green  technologies and innovations.

All initiatives and proposals of the heads of delegations, as noted  by S. Lebedev, will be carefully analyzed by the Executive Committee  of the CIS in order to prepare relevant documents on their practical  implementation at the level of the statutory and sectoral bodies of  the Commonwealth.

In general, the meeting participants expressed confidence that the  decisions taken today and their subsequent implementation will  contribute to the further deepening of cooperation within the  Commonwealth.

The agenda of the meeting in an expanded format addressed 13 issues  related to cooperation in the fields of energy, agriculture, social  security, the space industry, tax administration, communication and  innovation, protection of intellectual property rights, humanitarian  interaction, etc.

The heads of government delegations highlighted the importance of the  adopted Concept of cooperation of the CIS member states in the  development of the production of high-tech energy equipment. This  will allow expanding and modernizing production facilities, creating  new high-performance jobs, as well as increasing research potential  and, in general, strengthening the development of the energy sector,  engineering and industry of the Commonwealth countries.

During the meeting, the reports of the Deputy Director General of the  State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom" N. Spassky, the first  vice-rector of the National Research University "MEI" V.  Zamolodchikov were heard.

Following the meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of Government, a  number of documents were signed:?  Agreement on the interaction of  the CIS member states on preparedness for a nuclear accident or a  radiation emergency and mutual assistance in the aftermath of their  consequences;

- Agreement on cooperation on the prevention and elimination of foci  of diseases and forest pests in the border areas of the CIS member  states;

- Agreement on the implementation of joint activities of the CIS  member states in the field of the exploration and use of outer space  for peaceful purposes;

- Plan of measures for the implementation of the Agreement on  Cooperation of the CIS Member States in the Area of Electronic and  Electrical Equipment Waste Management of 01.06.2018;

- Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement on Cooperation in the  Development and Use of Cellular Mobile Communications Systems, dated  January 17, 1997;

- Protocol on the exchange of information in electronic form between  the CIS member states for the implementation of tax administration;

- Decision on amending the Interstate Targeted Program <Recultivation  of the territories of the states affected by the uranium mining  industries>;

- The concept of cooperation of the CIS member states in the  development of the production of high-tech energy equipment and the  Plan of basic measures for its implementation;

- The procedure for the allocation of rights to intellectual property  created as a result of the implementation of interstate innovation  projects and activities in the framework of the Interstate program of  innovative cooperation of the CIS member states for the period up to  2020;

- The  decision on financing in 2019 an Action Plan for the  implementation of the Main Directions for the Further Development of  Medical and Social Assistance and Improving the Quality of Life of  War Veterans 

- Participants in Local Conflicts and Their Family Members in the CIS  Member States until 2020;

- Plan of priority measures in the field of humanitarian cooperation  of the CIS member states for 2019- 2020;- Agreement on the Protocol  on Amendments to the Agreement on Cooperation in the Development and  Use of Cellular Mobile Communication Systems of January 17, 1997.It  should be noted that the chairmanship in the Commonwealth passes to  the Turkmen side. The next meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of  Government will be held at the end of May 2019 in Ashgabat  (Turkmenistan).