YEREVAN, OCTOBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. The second sitting of the Council of the Ministers of Justice of the CIS member states was held in Yerevan on October 11-12. As a result, the labor plan of the Council for 2008-2012 was adopted. A decision was made during the sitting on holding the sitting of the Council in Minsk next year. In 2008 Viktor Golovanov, the Justice Minister of Belarus, was affirmed Chairman of the Council. According to the information provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by Lana Mshetsian, the Spokesperson of the RA Ministry of Justice, the three out of the five member countries of the council: Armenia, Belarus and Russia (the first two at the level of the Minister, and Russia the Deputy Minister), took part in the sitting. Vadim Gimmer, the responsible secretary of the Council, also took part in the sitting. The representatives of the other two countries: Kirkizstan and Tadzhikistan, have not arrived in Yerevan for valid reason. Issues concerning legal reforms and the development prospects of the legal system in the member states of the Council were discussed in the sitting. The Council of Justice Ministers was created by the August 26, 2005 decision of the Council of CIS member states' leaders. The first sitting was held on April 12, 2006 in Moscow.

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