Council-board chapters of governments of countries-participants of the CIS

Participants of the session of the Council of Heads of Governments of states – participants of Commonwealth of Independent States, in Astana (Kazakhstan), on Friday, May 22, 2009. The regular session of the Council of Heads of Governments of the states – participants of Commonwealth of Independent States will take place in November in Crimea (Ukraine). This decision was made today in Astana at the session of Council of Heads of Governments of the states – participants of the CIS by initiative of the Prime Minister of Ukraine. During the session the heads of the governments discussed programs and ways of overcoming the world financial crisis. Photo by Aleksandr Prokopenko/POOL/UNIAN