Armenia has confirmed its participation in the upcoming meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), scheduled to take place in Minsk on September 29. However, the format of its participation remains undecided, according to First Deputy Secretary General of the CIS Igor Petrishenko, who spoke to journalists in Minsk.
The summit will include discussions on 14 agenda items, reports Sputnik Armenia.
“Armenia has also confirmed its participation. The matter is currently under review. This is a decision the Armenian side must make in order to ensure more effective participation. Therefore, they will make the final call,” Petrishenko said in response to a question about whether Armenia would join in the current format.
On a related note, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visited Nagorno-Karabakh from May 15 to 17, 2024. He said that prior to the 2020 war, referring to it as “your liberation war” in a conversation with Ilham Aliyev, he and Aliyev had concluded that victory was possible. Lukashenko added that the current period is a difficult one, requiring efforts to revive the region.
On June 13, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated in parliament that neither he nor any other Armenian official would visit Belarus as long as Lukashenko remains its president. The decision, he said, was based on Lukashenko’s public statements.
