Leaders of CIS states meet in Almaty

The presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan have already arrived. In whole the heads of seven CIS states will take part in the informal summit together with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The issues of regional interaction and struggle against modern challenges and threats, progress of economic cooperation, including the process of Customs Union formation within the framework of the EurAsEC and creation of a single economic space between Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia are on the agenda.
Besides, the leaders of the states will exchange opinions on provision of economic, humanitarian and political security in the region on the threshold of the EurAsEC's 10 anniversary and beginning of Kazakhstan's chairmanship in the OSCE in 2010.