NUR-SULTAN, Aug 19 personal participation of Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the CIS summit. Tokayev is in Sochi on a working visit. «This year Kazakhstan chairs the CIS, in October there will be a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States, we very much count on your personal participation. Moreover, Russia plays an important role in the CIS, this is indeed one of the priority areas of our mutual cooperation in the international format,» Tokayev said during a meeting with Putin.
