Leaders and heads of governments of the CIS states as well as foreign ministers will hold meetings in October, CIS executive secretary said.

Minsk is hosting a meeting of the council of permanent representatives of CIS countries during which the agenda of fall meetings is discussed, RIA Novosti reported.

“A meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of States will take place on October 16. The foreign ministers will meet a day earlier. The heads of governments will meet on October 13 in Dushanbe,” Sergey Lebedev told reporters.