A session of the Council of CIS Heads of State has today held in Burabay town, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the session.

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev welcomed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. A photo of the heads of state was taken.

Later, President Nursultan Nazarbayev welcomed the other heads of state who arrived in Kazakhstan to attend the session of the Council of CIS Heads of State.

A photo of the presidents was taken.

The event started with a session of the Council of CIS Heads of State in a limited format.

Welcoming the participants, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev congratulated the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on his reelection, and congratulated the Kyrgyz Parliament on successful results of elections.

The head of Kazakhstani state noted that as the chair of the CIS his country tried to develop cooperation among the member states. The President of Kazakhstan noted that the organization was a good platform for discussion of issues of multilateral cooperation among the member states. Highlighting the agenda of the session, Nursultan Nazarbayev expressed confidence that the decisions the session has to adopt would stimulate further expansion of mutual relations.

President of Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev then addressed the session of the Council of CIS Heads of State in a limited format.

The head of state thanked Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev for excellent organization of the event, and congratulated Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev on the occasion of successful parliamentary elections and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on his reelection.

The event then continued in an expanded format.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko presented "Order of Friendship of Peoples" to President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev for his contributions to friendship of peoples and states within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

The next session of the Council of CIS Heads of State will be held in Kyrgyzstan on September 16, 2016.

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President Ilham Aliyev attended the working breakfast hosted by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev for the CIS heads of state.

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President Ilham Aliyev ended his working visit to Kazakhstan.