BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 8. CIS
foreign ministers approved a 2027 plan for inter-ministerial
consultations covering economic diplomacy, foreign policy
coordination and other areas of cooperation.


The information was reported by the press service of
the Turkmen government following a meeting of the CIS Council of
Foreign Ministers held in Turkmenistan's Avaza National Tourist
Zone yesterday and chaired by Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid
Meredov.


According to the report, the plan includes
consultations on foreign policy planning, responses to emerging
challenges and threats, arms control and disarmament, cooperation
in the information sphere and current issues of multilateral
economic diplomacy.


The ministers also approved a joint statement on
supporting practical steps to prevent an arms race in outer space,
according to the press service.


The meeting participants further approved draft
documents to be submitted to the CIS Council of Heads of State and
Council of Heads of Government, including proposals concerning
tourism cooperation and declaring 2029 the Year of Transport
Connectivity in the CIS, the report said.


The ministers also approved a draft program for
implementing the CIS concept of a common educational space for
2027-2035, as well as several documents covering legal, security
and intergovernmental cooperation, according to the press
service.







The next meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign
Ministers is scheduled to take place in Bishkek in April 2027, the
report says.


Meanwhile, Turkmenistan assumed the CIS chairmanship on January
1, 2026, taking over from Tajikistan after the decision was
approved at the 2025 CIS summit. Under its chairmanship concept,
Ashgabat identified transport and economic cooperation among the
organization's key priorities, alongside peace and security,
digital transformation and environmental cooperation. Throughout
the year, Turkmenistan has used its chairmanship to advance this
agenda, including by hosting the CIS Council of Heads of Government
in May and preparing the October meetings of the CIS Council of
Foreign Ministers and Council of Heads of State in the Avaza
National Tourist Zone.


Against this background, the approval of the 2026-2030 Transport
Security Action Plan in Ashgabat aligns with one of the central
priorities of Turkmenistan's chairmanship.


The Commonwealth of Independent States was established in 1991
after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to promote regional
cooperation in political, economic, and humanitarian spheres. The
CIS Economic Council coordinates efforts to implement joint
economic policies, develop transport and energy networks, and
foster trade integration.