YEREVAN, OCTOBER 7, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the informal CIS summit in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The summit was also attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakh President Kassym Zhomart-Tokayev, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

President Putin thanked the leaders of the CIS member-states for traveling to Saint Petersburg and said that at this meeting they will have the opportunity to discuss the items of the upcoming CIS summit due in Astana next week.