Sergeу Lavrov and Mihail Zurabov

Minister of foreign affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, left, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov during the Council of CIS foreign ministers in Kiev, on Friday, April 8, 2011. Council of Foreign Ministers of CIShas been solemnly opened in Kiev. It's attended by foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Uzbekistan will be represented by deputy ministers, Turkmenistan - by an ambassador. The meeting will feature a discussion about prospects of cooperation within the Commonwealth. Delegates are also planning to adopt a number of resolutions on important issues, in particular, as regards to extension of CIS member states interaction in information, cultural, humanitarian and other fields. Photo by Oleg Petrasyuk / UNIAN