An informal summit of the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries will take place in St. Petersburg on December 28.

The traditional informal meeting will be held at the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to the Kremlin press service, the event will be attended by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, First President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Source: Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting-AzTV