Lavrov: CIS Foreign Ministers` Council meeting in a narrow format  held in trusting and constructive atmosphere

ArmInfo. The CIS Foreign Ministers' Council meeting in a narrow format was held in a trusting,  constructive atmosphere and was effective. This was stated by Sergey  Lavrov,  the Russian Foreign Minister, during a working meeting of  the CIS Foreign Ministers' Council on October 7.  "We had a detailed  discussion about the progress of multilateral cooperation within the  CIS, exchanged views on regional and global issues, including ongoing  conflicts and crises, " the Russian minister said and noted the  ongoing work of the CIS Foreign Ministers' Council.

In turn, CIS Executive Committee Secretary General Sergey Lebedev  reported that at the narrow format meeting, the CIS Foreign Ministers  approved its agenda and regulations. "The heads of delegations  primarily focused on frank discussions on current international  issues and collaboration within the Commonwealth," he said.  Lebedev  also informed that by decision of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council,  the next meeting of the heads of foreign policy departments will take  place on April 11 in Kazakhstan. At the same time, he added that it  was decided to sign all the documents on the agenda without  discussion, as they have been fully agreed upon.

Note that the event is attended by the Foreign Ministers of Armenia  and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov. The Armenian  side has already issued a statement, noting that there are no plans  for a separate meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and  Azerbaijan on the sidelines of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council.