President heads to St. Petersburg to attend regular meeting of SEEC

Bishkek, Dec.20, 2019. /Kabar/. President of the Kyrgyz Republic Sooronbay Jeenbekov on Friday headed to St. Petersburg, Russian to attend the regular meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council (SEEC), his press service said. In addition to the talks at the SEEC meetings, an informal meeting of heads of member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will be held in a narrow and extended format. The delegation of the Kyrgyz Republic includes Minister of Foreign Affairs Chingiz Aidarbekov, Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the President's Office Daniyar Sydykov, Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to Russia Alikbek Dzhekshenkulov, Deputy Prime Minister Jenish Razakov, Minister of Economy Sanjar Mukanbetov. The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council is the highest supranational body of the Eurasian Economic Union. "Current issues of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council’s work will be considered, while objectives aimed at deepening future cooperation and enhancing the functioning of common market of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will be outlined," the Kremlin said. The session will sum up results of the Eurasian Economic Commission’s four-year operation and will nominate a new chairperson and members of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission, who will assume their duties on February 1, 2020, the Kremlin said. Later on Friday, the heads of CIS states (the Commonwealth of Independent States, an assembly of post-Soviet republics) are expected to hold an informal meeting.