Baku / 20.12.19 / Turan: On December 20, President Ilham Aliyev arrived in St. Petersburg to participate in an unofficial meeting of the CIS heads of state.
The website says that the visit is held at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The summit program is not reported.
The Russian press reports that an informal summit of the Eurasian Economic Union will be held in St. Petersburg on Friday. The President of Russia invited to the meeting not only the leaders of the EurAsEC member countries, but also the heads of the CIS states that are not members of the economic association.
The head of the Russian state intends to "talk on current issues, exchange views on what we could do in the coming year, and compare watches on current international issues." At the same time, Vladimir Putin noted that he would like the summit not to be overloaded with protocol meetings.
At the same time, the Armenian press reports that an informal meeting between Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan may take place in St. Petersburg.-02D-
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