Ukraine absent from meeting of CIS heads of govt

Published May 26, 2017 at 1:14 pm

Foreign Ministers Elmar Mammadyarov of Azerbaijan, Edward Nalbandian of Armenia, Vladimir Makei of Belarus, Yerlan Idrisov of Kazakhstan, Erlan Abdyldayev of Kyrgyzstan, Modovan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Lilian Darii, CIS executive secretary Sergei Lebedev, Sergei Lavrov of Russia, Sirodjiddin Aslov of Tajikistan, Rashid Meredov of Turkmenistan, Abdulaziz Kamilov of Uzbekistan, Charge d'affaires a.i. of Ukraine to Russia Ruslan Nemchinskiy pose for a family photo during a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow on April 8, 2016.

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Ukraine will not be represented at a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Heads of Government, which is expected to take place in the Russian city of Kazan on May 26.

There are no Ukrainian representatives on the list of participants in the session, which was circulated among journalists ahead of its start, an Interfax correspondent said.

Most of the other CIS member countries will be represented at the event either by their prime ministers or deputy prime ministers. Moldova will delegate its ambassador to Russia.