AKIPRESS.COM - Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country holds the rotating presidency in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) this year, will receive CIS leaders in the Kremlin in the run-up to the organization’s summit, Tass reported.

Prior to the summit, the Russian leader will hold two bilateral meetings - with Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Both will focus on normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan on the basis of the 2020 trilateral agreement.

The bilateral meetings will be followed by CIS talks in narrow and extended formats. The meeting with limited attendance will be held in the format of a free discussion, where every participant will have an opportunity to bring about issues of their highest concern.

During the summit, the leaders will discuss key cooperation tasks of the Commonwealth, as well as topical regional and international problems and outline main areas of work in the future. It is expected that the decision will be made to pass CIS chairmanship from Russia to Tajikistan in 2025.

The leaders are expected to sign a number of important documents. The summit will end with a formal reception for the foreign delegations.