Belarus is making an important contribution to strengthening of relations between the member states of CIS, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in Minsk.

President Sargsyan pointed out the statement in connection with the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Great Patriotic War that is on the agenda of Council of the CIS Heads of States.

“Bloody lessons of the two world wars of twentieth century that must be remembered by the generations,” he said.

The meeting of the CIS Heads of State Council presided by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has kicked off in Minsk.