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Go to the media bankMINSK, Oct 7 Vladimir Putin continued his conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko after the end of the informal CIS summit in St. Petersburg, said the Pool of the First Telegram channel, close to the press service of the Belarusian leader. .The conversation between the two leaders lasted about an hour. After that, Lukashenka left for the airport. Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov previously called the talks at the Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg an important event in the context of preparations for the CIS summit scheduled for October 14 in Astana. Together with Vladimir Putin, the meeting was attended by the presidents of Belarus, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, as well as the prime minister of Armenia. This is not the first time that the CIS summit has been held in an informal setting. The previous meeting was held in 2021, also in St. Petersburg. Then Putin invited his colleagues to the northern capital on December 28 before the New Year.