On March 27, 2026, a ceremony for signing the Protocol on the coordination of issues related to the preparation of the meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was held at the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Serdar Muhammetdurdyyev and Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Denis Trefilov. The document is aimed at coordinating organizational and substantive matters concerning the preparation of the meeting, which will take place on May 22, 2026, in Ashgabat. Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan