Ashgabat set to host key CIS Summit under Turkmenistan’s chairmanship on May 22

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, May 14. President of
Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed a resolution on holding a
meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government in Ashgabat on
May 22, Trend reports
via the press service of the Turkmen government.

The document instructs the country’s Foreign Ministry and the
Presidential Administration’s affairs department, jointly with the
CIS Executive Committee, to organize the high-level event.

The meeting will take place within the framework of the
implementation plan for Turkmenistan’s chairmanship concept in the
Commonwealth of Independent States in 2026.

The Commonwealth of Independent States was established in 1991
after the dissolution of the Soviet Union to promote regional
cooperation in political, economic, and humanitarian spheres. The
CIS Economic Council coordinates efforts to implement joint
economic policies, develop transport and energy networks, and
foster trade integration. The CIS chairmanship passed from
Tajikistan to Turkmenistan on January 1, 2026.