Nursultan Nazarbayev: this year is special one for CIS
SHANBE. September 3. KAZINFORM /Arnur Mukhametkarim/ The CIS Summit participants have moved to a big hall of a state residence Kohi Somon, where their meeting in the enlarged format is being held.
Thanking his Tajik colleague Emomali Rahmon for the excellent organization of the event, the Kazakh President delivered a speech on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
N.Nazarbayev outlined that this year is a special one for the CIS, hence the Commonwealth states mark its 20th anniversary. In this context the Head of State emphasized significance of the Almaty Declaration.
"In 1991 there was signed the Almaty Declaration - a historic document. It gave an opportunity of construction of a new community of independent states," - the President said.