Tashkent hosted a session of the Council of foreign ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on 5 April 2013.

Delegations of foreign ministries of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldavia, Tajikistan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine participated at the session.

The participants discussed issues, related to expanding cooperation within the organization in various areas, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan said.

At the end of the session, the sides signed decisions directed at further deepening multilateral cooperation among the CIS countries.

The participants of the session decided to hold next session of the Council of foreign ministers of the CIS in Minsk, Belarus, in October 2013. (Source:Uzdayli.com).