DUSHANBE , July 21, Asia-Plus - Tajikistan ’s President Emomali Rahmonov today is leaving for Moscow to attend the seventh CIS informal summit that will be held on July 21-22.    

According to information from presidential press service, the informal CIS summit in Moscow is aiming to discuss the CIS reform informally ahead of the regular summit in autumn, as well as international issues.  

According to some media, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who currently presides over the CIS, prepared a program document on the CIS reform for the Moscow summit.

Almost all CIS presidents have confirmed their participation in the informal summit in Moscow .  

Emomali Rahmonov who believes that “it is too early “to decommission” the CIS” is scheduled to hold a series of bilateral meetings with a number of his CIS counterparts, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the sidelines of the informal summit in Moscow.  

            Rahmonov and Putin are supposed to discuss issues related to economic cooperation between Tajikistan and the Russian Federation .  Participation of Russia in implementation of energy projects in Tajikistan is expected to be in the center of discussion.