RUSSIA’S MEDVEDEV ARRIVES IN CHISINAU FOR CIS SUMMIT

RIA Novosti
12:0009/10/2009

CHISINAU, October 9 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
has arrived in Moldova’s capital, Chisinau, to take part in a
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit.

Discussions at the summit are set to focus on cooperation in
overcoming the consequences of the global financial crisis, as well
as humanitarian and security issues.

The former Soviet states of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
and Ukraine are members of the CIS. Georgia recently withdrew from
the organization.

The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the next CIS
summit will take place in Moscow in December 2010.