Council of Heads of State of the CIS

The Council of Heads of State of the CIS (Russian: Совет глав государств СНГ), abbreviated in the Russian language as the SGG (СГГ), is a working body in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

As of 2020[update] there are 9 members of the CIS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

The chairmanship exists in accordance with regulations approved by the council in Dushanbe in October 2008.

The first meeting was held in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, where the Belovezha Accords were signed at Viskuli Government House.

[20] In the Kazakh capital of Alma Ata on 21 December, the Alma-Ata Protocol was signed,[21] in which a provisional agreement on the membership and conduct of Councils of Heads of State and Government was concluded, as well as an agreement on Strategic Forces, Armed Forces and Border Troops.