Meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State Held in Avaza
A meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) took place in the "Avaza" National Tourist Zone, chaired by the President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedov.
The summit was attended by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, and CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.
A key geopolitical feature of this meeting was the participation of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, who arrived in Avaza as a special high-ranking guest.
This year, Turkmenistan is fulfilling the important mission of chairing the Commonwealth based on a specially developed concept aimed at strengthening stability and sustainable development across the Eurasian region. Turkmenistan’s internationally recognized status of permanent neutrality fosters a distinctive, respectful approach to multilateral partnership grounded in the principles of equality and mutual benefit.
The upcoming meetings are intended to take stock of the substantive work accomplished during the chairmanship, a period that saw the timely convening of sessions of the Council of Heads of Government, the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Economic Council, and various sectoral bodies.
This summit takes place during the significant period marking the 35th anniversary of the CIS, affirming that the Organization has successfully navigated this journey—preserving the foundation of equitable cooperation—and has evolved from a crisis-management format into a permanent integration mechanism.
