The Economic Issues Commission of the CIS Economic Council will consider 9 issues at a meeting in Moscow.

On January 22, a meeting of the Commission on Economic Issues under the Economic Council of the CIS will take place in Moscow, as reported by the CIS Executive Committee.

There are 9 agenda items planned for discussion:

1. Consideration of the Concept of Turkmenistan's presidency in the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2026.

2. Discussion of the draft Main Directions of Cooperation among the CIS member states in the field of management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, as well as the decommissioning of nuclear and radiation hazardous facilities by 2030.

3. The issue of creating a basic organization for CIS members focused on improving quality and business excellence, as well as developing professional competencies in the field of quality.

4. Awarding the CIS Prize for 2025 in the field of product and service quality.

5. Review of the work of the CIS basic organization in the field of scientific and scientific-technical publishing and periodicals.

6. Consideration of the draft budget of the Interstate Statistical Committee of the CIS for 2026 under the project "Development of CIS Statistics."

7. Approval of the draft Work Plan of the Commission on Economic Issues for 2026.

8. Discussion of the draft agenda for the 109th meeting of the CIS Economic Council.

9. Determination of the date and discussion of the draft agenda for the next meeting of the Commission on Economic Issues.

Note:

The Economic Council of the CIS is the key executive body that ensures the implementation of agreements made within the framework of the CIS, as well as decisions of the Council of Heads of State and the Council of Heads of Government regarding the creation and operation of a free trade area and issues of socio-economic cooperation.

The Economic Council was formed in April 1999.

Its main functions include developing proposals for creating a system of mutual settlements and payments for trade operations; ensuring legal, economic, and organizational conditions for deepening economic cooperation based on the free movement of goods, services, labor, and capital; promoting the integration of CIS states into the global economic system and other aspects.