YEREVAN, OCTOBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. The second sitting of the Council of the Ministers of Justice of the CIS member states will be held in Yerevan on October 11-12. 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), will take part in the sitting. V. Gimmer, the responsible secretary of the Council, will also take part in the sitting. The representatives of the other two countries: Kirkizstan and Tadzhikistan, will not arrive in Yerevan for valid reason. Issues concerning legal reforms and the development prospects of the legal system in the member states of the Council will be discussed , as well as decisions are envisaged to be made during 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, the second one is envisaged to be held in Belarus in 2008.

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