On September 5, 2023, an additional meeting of the expert group on the approval of the draft Agreement on the establishment of an International Organization for the Russian Language was held at the CIS headquarters.
Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member States and the CIS Executive Committee took part in the event in a video conference format.
The experts finalized and agreed on a draft agreement on the establishment of an International Organization for the Russian Language, and also agreed on a draft decision of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers on this issue.
The draft documents have been sent to the CIS member States for internal approval, after which they will be submitted to the Council of Foreign Ministers and the Council of CIS Heads of State in accordance with the established procedure.
Recall that the initiative to create an international structure under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Independent States to support and promote the Russian language belongs to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
At the meeting of the Council of Heads of State in October 2022 in Astana, the initiative was supported by the leaders of the CIS countries. At the same time, the Concept of the organization was approved.
In accordance with it, the CIS Executive Committee, together with the governments of the CIS member States, was instructed to organize the development of draft documents establishing and regulating the activities of the international organization being created.
A source: https://e-cis.info/news/564/111809/
