On May 18, 2026, a working meeting between CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev and Director of the International Delphic Committee Vladimir Ponyavin took place at the CIS Executive Committee in Moscow.
The parties discussed issues of interaction between the organizations. They particularly addressed the development and conduct of the Delphic Games in the CIS.
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The Delphic Games of the CIS Member States (in Russian) are a major interstate competition for young cultural figures aged 10 to 25 in the categories of folk, classical and contemporary art. They are held with the support of the CIS Executive Committee, UNESCO and the Council of Europe and bring together approximately 800 participants from all Commonwealth countries annually.