CIS youth discusses contemporary problems at Issyk Kul forum.

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CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan, September 2 (Itar-Tass) - Around 150 young
scientists and members of youth movements from the CIS countries gathered
in Issyk Kul for the young intellectuals forum.

Among participants are youth from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus,
Moldova, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Georgia.
Kyrgyz Vice-Premier Uktomkhan Abdullayeva and Russian president's
envoy for international cultural cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi opened the
forum.
Young delegates will focus on tolerance and the formation of the CIS
positive image, heritage of the CIS nations and the development of youth
cultural exchange and information youth space in modern conditions.
The main goal of a three-day forum is to draft a complex of legal and
organization measures to strengthen mutual understanding and friendship
among CIS youth.
The forum is dedicated to the memory of famous Kyrgyz writer Chingiz
Aitmatov. It is organized within the framework of the Year of Youth on the
CIS space at the initiative of the Kyrgyz Culture Ministry and under
support of the CIS Interstate Humanitarian Cooperation Fund.