The Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States
26 June

110th Meeting of CIS Economic Council Held in Moscow

On June 26, 2026, the 110th meeting of the CIS Economic Council was held in Moscow. The meeting was opened and chaired by the Chairman of the Economic Council, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Khojamurad Geldimuradov.

 

The meeting was attended by heads of delegations:

  • First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Yagub Eyubov
  • Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus Natalia Petkevich (via videoconference)
  • First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan Khokim Kholikzoda
  • Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Vladimir Ilyichev
  • Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan Umid Abidkhadzhiev
  • Permanent Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the CIS Statutory and Other Bodies, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Belarus Razmik Khumaryan
  • Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Commission on Economic Issues under the CIS Economic Council Beketzhan Zhumakhanov
  • Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Commission on Economic Issues under the CIS Economic Council Ulukbek Karmyshkakov
  • CIS Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev.

The members of the Economic Council:

Approved:

  • the draft Decision of the CIS Heads of State Council on conducting population censuses of the 2030 round in the CIS member states;
  • the draft Protocol on amendments to the Protocol on Electronic Information Exchange between the CIS Member States for Tax Administration Purposes of November 2, 2018.

Endorsed:

  • the Plan of Main Activities for implementing the Conceptual Foundations of Cooperation of the CIS Member States in the Field of Labor Rationing for 2026–2030;
  • the Action Plan for the first stage (2026–2030) of implementing the Main Directions of Cooperation of the CIS Member States in the Field of Forestry and Forest Industry for the period up to 2035.

Adopted Recommendations on mutual recognition of methodologies for detecting and identifying quarantine objects in mutual trade of the CIS member states.

Heard:

  • the Report on the activities of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications and the CIS Coordination Council on Informatization under the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications for 2021–2025;
  • the Report on civil law protection of victims of competition violations;
  • the Information on the main target macroeconomic indicators of economic development of the CIS member states for 2025, prepared by the Statistical Committee;
  • Information on the results of implementing the Action Plan for the first stage of the CIS Economic Development Strategy for the period up to 2030;
  • the Report on the activities of the Intergovernmental Council for Cooperation in the Field of Veterinary Medicine in 2023–2025;
  • issues concerning the financial and economic activities of the Commonwealth bodies, implementation of the decisions of the CIS Economic Council of April 3, 2026;
  • the trade policy review of the Republic of Tajikistan.
  • Granted the platform “Globalskill.ru” of the autonomous non-profit organization “Association of Accelerators and Business Incubators of Russia” the status of a technological platform within the framework of the Interstate Program for Innovation Cooperation of the CIS Member States for the period up to 2030.

The next meeting of the Economic Council is scheduled for September 11, 2026, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.