Informal summits with no specific agenda are traditional for the Commonwealth. The first meeting of this kind took place on the 8th August 2000, also in Yalta.
Victor Yanukovich thanked his distinguished guests for supporting his idea of holding a round-table meeting, and proposed discussing issues of economic cooperation as well as transport and tourism of CIS States.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated his Ukrainian counterpart and wished the Ukrainian President health and every success on the occasion of his birthday.
The 6 CIS leaders decided to continue their work on a new free trade zone treaty and to discuss this subject at their next official conference.
The joint statement of the CIS leaders also addresses the issue of investment in health resorts and other infrastructure projects of the Commonwealth states, as well as cooperation in the construction and modernization of sports facilities in the framework of the preparations to Euro 2012, due to take place in Ukraine, and the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. "We also hope that the Ice Hockey World Championship will take place in Minsk", - declares the joint statement of the presidents.
The CIS leaders arranged for an international conference on eliminating the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, entitled "25 years after Chernobyl: protecting the future", to be held in Kiev in April 2011.
