Russia to host CIS summit next year

The CIS summit next year will be held in October in Russia, the head of the CIS Executive Committee, Sergei Lebedev, said

"The meeting of the Heads of State Council 2017 will be held in Russia in October,’’  RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Lebedev said that Russia will organize the Council of Heads of State, as it will be the chairman of the CIS.