President Ilham Aliyev attends meeting of CIS Council of Heads of State in Moscow - PHOTOS

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev participated in the event.

President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev welcomed, in the Grand Kremlin Palace, the heads of state, including President Ilham Aliyev. First, President Dmitry Medvedev hosted a working dinner in honor of the heads of CIS member states.

Then a restricted meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State was held. After the meeting, the heads of state posed for photographs. Later, the meeting was continued in an expanded format. Following the discussions, final documents of the meeting were signed.

Then, a press-conference was held. It was noted during the press-conference that in January next year Tajikistan would take over the CIS presidency.

The next meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State will be held in Dushanbe in September, 2011. Later same day, President ended his visit to Moscow.

At the Vnukovo-2 Airport, the Azerbaijani President was seen off by high ranking Russian state and government officials.

At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the Head of State was welcomed by Prime Minister Artur Rasizade, Chief of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev and Baku Mayor Hajibala Abutalybov. 

/AzerTAc/

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President Ilham Aliyev arrives in Moscow 

President Ilham Aliyev attends meeting of CIS Council of Heads of State in Moscow

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