Strelna, 7 October – RIA Novosti. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that an informal summit of the leaders of the CIS countries was held in St. Petersburg, the meeting was held in the Konstantinovsky Palace.

Peskov, formerly St. He described the summit in St. Petersburg as an important event in the context of preparations for next week’s CIS summit in Astana. Peskov, St. He also did not rule out that foreign government leaders attending the Petersburg summit would celebrate Putin’s birthday at an informal meeting.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov attend the event. Petersburg with Putin.

This is not the first time the CIS summit has been held in an informal setting. The last meeting is in 2021 and also in St. It was held in Petersburg. Then Putin invited his colleagues to the northern capital before the New Year – December 28.

In September, vice-presidential Yuri Ushakov said that Putin will attend a meeting on interaction and confidence-building measures at the Asia and CIS summit in Astana in October, and will also hold a summit meeting in the Russia-Central Asian format. Later, answering a question about Putin’s visit to Astana, Peskov said it was too early to ask questions about it, but the plans had not changed.