Putin arrives at CIS summit

Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, has arrived at the CIS summit in Turkmenbashi, RIA Novosti reports.

Putin arrived in Turkmenistan on a two-day working visit. The meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State will be held in the Awaza national tourist zone on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea.

The summit is taking place in an anniversary year for the Commonwealth: in December, it will be 35 years since the CIS was founded.

Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, is also in Turkmenistan on a working visit.

Besides Putin and Pashinyan, the meeting is attended by Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan, Lukashenko (Belarus), Japarov (Kyrgyzstan), Tokayev (Kazakhstan), Rahmon (Tajikistan), Mirziyoyev (Uzbekistan) and Aliyev (Azerbaijan).

Also, for the first time in CIS history, Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran, is attending the summit.

The video shows the photo ceremony of the CIS leaders.