Medvedev elected to chair EurAsEC Interstate Council in 2011
20:09, 9 December 2010
MOSCOW. December 9. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev has been elected Chairman of the EurAsEC Interstate Council for 2011. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarvayev made it public at the enlarged sitting of the EurAsEC Interstate Council in Moscow on Thursday.
The decision on election of D. Medvedev to the post of Chairman was made at a meeting in narrow format.
According to N. Nazarbayev, the Prime Minister of Russia was elected Deputy Chairman. First Vice-Premier of Russia Igor Shuvalov is appointed by the chairing state Chairman of the Integration Committee of the Eurasian Economic Community.