Matviyenko spoke at the enlarged meeting of the Council of CIS heads of state in Tajikistan

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Source: Russia – Council of the Federation

A meeting of the Council of heads of States – participants of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in Dushanbe.

The Chairman of the Federation Council, Chairman of the IPA CIS Council Valentina Matvienko Betweenconsenting Ivanandreevich from the Executive body of state power of St.-Petersburg has acted at the expanded session of Council of heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Dushanbe.

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The summit was attended by President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov, President of Moldova Igor Dodon, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan Poorly of Agamyradov, the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoev, Chairman of the Executive Committee – Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States Sergey Lebedev.

Cooperation on specific projects is based mainly on a bilateral basis

During the meeting, Valentina Matviyenko made a presentation on the draft CIS Convention on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes. Document prepared at the initiative of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth (CIS).”It is proposed that the coordination of joint activities (in space) was developed by the interstate Council on space, which was created in December 1991,” — said Valentina Matvienko.According to the Chairman of the Federation Council, the cooperation in space will be carried out in the framework of interstate, intergovernmental, interdepartmental agreements and joint activities in the exploration and use of outer space on the basis of international projects and programs, their funding will come at the expense of the national budgets and extra-budgetary sources.”Now most of our countries, as their financial and technological capabilities, are involved in the development of the space industry”, — said Valentina Matvienko. “Cooperation on specific projects is based mainly on a bilateral basis. However, the enormity of the task of the development of space industry requires the extension of the cooperation framework. This will allow you to fully use the existing potential of the CIS States in the field of space exploration. We have a common school of space research, long-term scientific and production relations”.

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