Belarus To Host Meetings Of CIS Eurasian Bloc,CIS Security Body In M

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BELARUS TO HOST MEETINGS OF CIS EURASIAN BLOC, CIS SECURITY BODY IN MAY, JUNE

Belapan news agency, Minsk
17 May 06

Belarus will host a meeting of the Integration Committee of the
Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC, member states are Belarus,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) and a
session of the EAEC Interstate Council at the level of the heads of
government on 18-19 May, the Belarusian news agency Belapan reported
on 17 May, quoting the first deputy foreign minister of Belarus,
Vasil Puhachow.

All member states will be represented by prime ministers, except for
Kyrgyzstan, which will be represented by the president's envoy for
integration issues, the news agency added. The meeting will focus on
efforts to create a customs union within the EAEC framework, Belapan
reported, quoting Puhachow.

Belarus will also host summits of the EAEC and the Collective Security
Treaty Organization (Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan) at the level of heads of state on 23-24 June, Belapan
said, quoting Puhachow.