Thursday, April 1 2021 18:21

ArmInfo. Today, on April 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will have separate meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ara Aivazian  and Jeyhun Bayramov. On April 1, during a weekly briefing, this was  stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry  Maria Zakharova, recalling that the meetings will be held on the  sidelines of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers.

"During separate conversations, it is planned to discuss issues of  bilateral cooperation, of course the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh,  the implementation of the agreements reached by the leaders of  Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia on November 9, 2020 and January 11 of  this year. It is planned to consider a number of regional and  international topics," Zakharova said, once again stressing that the  meetings will be separate.

Speaking about the agenda of the CIS Ministerial Council meeting, the  representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the  ministers plan to exchange views on topical issues of the  international agenda and interaction in the CIS format. However, she  added that the main event is scheduled to be held tomorrow, April 2.

Note that, according to an official statement from the Commonwealth's  press service, on April 2, 2021, a meeting of the Council of Foreign  Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States will be held in  Moscow under the chairmanship of the Republic of Belarus. For the  first time since October 2019, the meeting will be held in person.

It is planned that the foreign ministers will exchange views on  topical issues of the international agenda and interaction in the CIS  format, discuss the progress of the implementation of the Action  Program to enhance partnership between the foreign affairs agencies  of the CIS member states and the implementation of the Plan of  multi-level inter-ministerial consultations within the framework of  the Commonwealth in 2020.

In addition, the ministers will preliminarily agree on the documents  that will be submitted for consideration by the Council of CIS Heads  of State. This is, first of all, the draft Address of the Heads of  State to the peoples of the Commonwealth countries and the world  community in connection with the 80th anniversary of the beginning of  the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

Two documents, the drafts of which are submitted for approval by the  Ministerial Council, will subsequently be sent to the Council of  Heads of Government for consideration. They relate to cooperation in  the field of geodesy, cartography, cadastre and remote sensing of the  Earth and the creation of a basic organization in the field of  operational and strategic training of officers of the armed forces.   It is expected that the meeting will approve medium-term action plans  for the implementation of strategies in force in the Commonwealth -  the development of cooperation in the field of physical culture and  sports, international youth cooperation, as well as in the field of  tourism.