Lukashenko arrived in the Kremlin to attend CIS Heads of State Council meeting
President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko has arrived in the Kremlin during his working visit to Russia to participate in a meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council
The agenda of the summit is very broad. It is expected that the CIS leaders will consider the issues related to security, high technology, trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian co-operation. The heads of state will exchange views on co-operation within the CIS and decide on the chairmanship within the Commonwealth next year. Tajikistan is expected to chair the CIS, replacing Russia. Accordingly, the next meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council will be held in Dushanbe in October 2025.
As previously reported by the CIS Executive Committee press service, an appeal to the peoples of the Commonwealth and the world community in connection with the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 is expected to be discussed and adopted at the summit. President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko will make a report on the agenda item.
According to CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev, this decision was made due to the fact that Belarus was one of the most affected former Soviet republics during the Great Patriotic War. Mr. Lebedev noted that the appeal will be aimed at preserving the memory of the Great Patriotic War, the feat that the peoples of the USSR contributed to the Great Victory and the need to take joint steps to counter the glorification of Nazis and their accomplices, to preserve the memory and memorials in honour of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War.
In addition, it is planned to make a decision at the meeting on the establishment of the honorary title of the CIS: City of Labour Glory. 1941-1945. The heads of state will also name the CIS cultural capitals for the next three years: it is planned that Azerbaijani Lachin will have this status 2025, Armenian Meghri – in 2026, and Belarusian Molodechno – in 2027.
