In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei attends a joint news conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

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In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attends a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

02.04.2021#6505129

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

02.04.2021#6505127

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

02.04.2021#6505126

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

02.04.2021#6505125

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

02.04.2021#6505124

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attend a joint news conference following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

02.04.2021#6505121

In this handout photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attend a joint news conference following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia. Editorial use only, no archive, no commercial use.

02.04.2021#6505120

CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attends a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505090

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a joint news conference with Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505088

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attend a joint news conference following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505086

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attend a joint news conference following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505085

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attend a joint news conference following a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505084

Foreign Ministers Abdulaziz Kamilov of Uzbekistan, Rashid Meredov of Turkmenistan, Sirojiddin Muhriddin of Tajikistan and Dumitru Socolan, State Secretary of Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, attend a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov signs documents during a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505068

CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev, right, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov attend a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Foreign Ministers Mukhtar Tleuberdi of Kazakhstan, Ara Ayvazyan of Armenia and Jeyhun Bayramov of Azerbaijan, Sergey Lavrov of Russia, Vladimir Makei of Belarus, CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev, Abdulaziz Kamilov of Uzbekistan, Rashid Meredov of Turkmenistan, Sirojiddin Muhriddin of Tajikistan attend a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505034

CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev, right, and Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei attend a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi and his Armenian counterpart Ara Ayvazyan sign documents during a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505023

Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505022

CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505021

Foreign Ministers Ruslan Kazakbaev of Kyrgyzstan, Mukhtar Tleuberdi of Kazakhstan, Ara Ayvazyan of Armenia and Jeyhun Bayramov of Azerbaijan attend a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505017

Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505015

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Belarusian counterpart Vladimir Makei attend a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505010

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505008

Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov attend a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505004

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6505000

CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov arrive for a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504998

Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov speak during a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504997

CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev, Foreign Ministers Ara Ayvazyan of Armenia, Jeyhun Bayramov of Azerbaijan, Vladimir Makei of Belarus, Mukhtar Tleuberdi of Kazakhstan, Ruslan Kazakbaev of Kyrgyzstan, Dumitru Socolan, State Secretary of Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Sergey Lavrov of Russia, Sirojiddin Muhriddin of Tajikistan, Rashid Meredov of Turkmenistan and Abdulaziz Kamilov of Uzbekistan, pose for a family photo during a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504994

Armenian Foreign Minister Ara Ayvazyan, CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev, Foreign Ministers Mukhtar Tleuberdi of Kazakhstan and Jeyhun Bayramov of Azerbaijan gather before a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504906

Foreign Ministers Mukhtar Tleuberdi of Kazakhstan, Jeyhun Bayramov of Azerbaijan, CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev and Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin gather before a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504895

Foreign Ministers Sirojiddin Muhriddin of Tajikistan, Jeyhun Bayramov of Azerbaijan, Abdulaziz Kamilov of Uzbekistan, Ara Ayvazyan of Armenia, Vladimir Makei of Belarus, CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev and Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi gather before a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504866

Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev speak before a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504830

Major-General Yuri Dashkin, Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Defence of CIS countries, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrive for a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504827

Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev speak before a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

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Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin speak before a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504809

Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev speak before a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504797

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov takes his seat during a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504796

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei and CIS Executive Secretary Sergey Lebedev attend a session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Moscow, Russia.

02.04.2021#6504794