RA Deputy Prime Minister represents Armenia at a meeting of the  Council of CIS Heads of Government in Ashgabat

ArmInfo. The meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government began in Ashgabat.

The meeting is attended by the heads of delegations of Turkmenistan,  Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova,  Uzbekistan, Tajikistan. Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan  is taking part in it from the Armenian side.

At the beginning of the meeting in a narrow format, the chairman of  the executive committee - CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev  presented the agenda.

"Now it is proposed to exchange views on current issues of economic  cooperation of the Commonwealth of Independent States in a narrow  format. We propose to end the meeting in a narrow composition by  deciding on the date and venue of the next meeting of the Council of  Heads of Government," Lebedev said.  He said that then the  participants in an expanded format will discuss the results of the  meeting in a narrow format. After that, they will hear two reports:  on the preparation of a draft interstate program of innovative  cooperation of the CIS states for the period until 2030 and an  agreement on the interaction of the customs authorities of the CIS  countries in the field of protection of intellectual property rights.   According to Lebedev, the newly approved first deputy head of the CIS  antiterrorist center will be presented.