CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev has sent congratulations to Andrey Kondrashov, Chairman of the CIS Heads of State Information Agencies Council (CIS Information Council) and Director-General of TASS, on the Council’s 30th anniversary.
In his message, Sergey Lebedev highlighted the important role of the CIS Information Council in developing cooperation across the post-Soviet space: “On this remarkable date, I wish to particularly emphasize the significant role of the Council you lead in developing multilateral cooperation among the Commonwealth countries. Amidst a rapidly changing international environment, the CIS Information Council consistently coordinates the efforts of the media community to provide objective coverage of current events”.
Sergey Lebedev stressed that the Council’s activities facilitate not only numerous joint projects but also regular cooperation, which is especially important for resolving day-to-day professional matters. He specifically noted one of the latest joint projects dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, based on historical materials provided by the news agencies.
The CIS Secretary-General expressed confidence that “all Information Council projects will continue contributing to the creation of the Commonwealth’s common information space, in accordance with the 2020 decision of the CIS Heads of State Council on the Concept for the CIS Further Development”.
Sergey Lebedev welcomed the “Information Council’s commitment to further deepening and strengthening multilateral interaction among the state news agencies of the Commonwealth countries”.
On behalf of the CIS Executive Committee, the Secretary-General wished all the Information Council members and the staff of the CIS state news agencies good health, wellbeing and success in their activities for the prosperity of the Commonwealth nations.
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The CIS Heads of State Information Agencies Council was established in November 1995 by a decision of the CIS Heads of Government Council. Its members include heads of state news agencies from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan. The Council’s work also involves heads of state news agencies from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.