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OSKANYAN MET MERZLYAKOV

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On April 21 Moscow hosted a regular session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

An important theme on the session's agenda was consideration of the questions concerning further improvements in the structure of the CIS bodies and the enhancement of their effectiveness. In particular, a report was heard on the progress in the implementation of the Decision of the CIS Council of Heads of State on Perfecting and Reforming the Bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States, of August 26, 2005, and on the Establishment of a High-Level Group on the Issues of Raising the Effectiveness of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Meeting participants examined and approved the drafts of a number of documents on humanitarian cooperation issues, namely an Agreement on the Council for Humanitarian Cooperation among the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States and a Program of Principal Measures of Cooperation among the CIS Member States in the Field of Culture Till 2010.

Same day Minister Oskanyan met the OSCE Minsk group Russian co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov. No details of the meeting are given in the press release of the Foreign Ministry.

Oskanyan will return to Armenia on April 22.