St. Petersburg hosts informal meeting of CIS leaders

An informal meeting of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has kicked off in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The attendees include Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdymukhamedov and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.