The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit started in Chisinau, Moldova.The Chisinau CIS summit agenda includes regional forums preparation issues on human integration, security, etc. Meanwhile Russian Vesti TV channel reports that Presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will not attend the event, instead, Prime Ministers of the countries will represent the country leaders. Pictured: participants of the summit (From left) : Azeri President Ilham Aliev, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, CIS Executive Seretary Sergei Lebedev, Moldovan Acting President and Parliament Speaker Mihai Ghimpu, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Tajik Prime Minister Akil Akilov, Turkmen Deputy PM Muratgeldy Akmammedov and Uzbek Senate Chairman Ilgizar Sabirov and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko (r) seen during a photo call at a CIS summit held at the Republican Palace in Kishinev.