Go to the media bankASTANA, Oct 14 Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke briefly with the President on Friday Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev before the meeting of the Council of Heads of the CIS member states in Astana, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The conversation between Putin and Lukashenko took place at the moment when the leaders of the states were heading for a joint photographing ceremony. The President of the Russian Federation had a brief conversation with Tokayev when the leaders were already standing in front of the cameras. The President of Russia flew to Astana on the morning of October 13. On Thursday, the head of state spoke at the sixth Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia. On Friday, Putin arrived on Friday at a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS in Astana. Then the head of state will speak at the Russia-Central Asia summit. The President of the Russian Federation is expected to answer journalists' questions at the end of the trip.
