Aleksandr Lukashenko at the CIS Summit in Dushanbe

The President of Belarus is on a working visit to Tajikistan. A meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council is on the agenda. About 20 issues have been submitted for consideration. The leaders are discussing the creation of the CIS+ format and the granting of observer status to the SCO. The Council is considering a number of documents that affect the security sector in the common integration space. In particular, it is planned to approve cooperation programmes in the field of countering terrorism and extremism, strengthening border security at the external borders, and the concept of military cooperation until 2030. One of the most significant items on the Summit agenda for Belarus is the statement by the CIS Heads of State on the upcoming 40^th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.