DUSHANBE, May 24, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov today met with visiting CIS Executive Secretary Vladimir Rushailo.

According to information from the Tajik MFA, their talks focused on the agenda of a meeting of the council of the CIS prime ministers that will be held in Dushanbe tomorrow, may 25.    

The meeting is aiming to consider an agreement on establishment of the CIS Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation, draft Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation, report on activity of the CIS Interstate Council for Metrology, as well as a series of financial and organizational issues.  In total, 25 Issues have been tabled to the meeting’s agenda; of them 17 are supposed to be signed without discussion.

Participants in the meeting, in particular, will sing a project for conducting census in the CIS states in 2010, and a program of main cultural events to be held in the CIS area till 2010.  It is also planned to sign concepts of development of education for adults and formation of national databases, organization of intergovernmental exchange of information for preventing infringements of law, as well as development of social and medical foundations of improvement of life of people that suffered of wars, local conflicts, and terrorism.

Vladimir Rushailo is scheduled to meet with President Rahmonov today afternoon.  The two are supposed to discuss issues related to cooperation between the CIS states and integration processes within the CIS area.