As part of the V Media Forum of the Commonwealth of Independent States, held in Moscow, a meeting took place between representatives of diplomatic missions and the CIS Executive Committee. According to the IIC of Turkmenistan, the main topic of discussion was the development of information cooperation between the Commonwealth member states.

The talks were attended by Gulyalek Chopanova, Press Attaché of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in the Russian Federation, Irina Akulovich, Minister-Counsellor of the Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Russian Federation, Alexander Matyash, Director of the Information and Analytical Department of the CIS Executive Committee, and Svetlana Malinina, Head of the Press Service of the CIS Executive Committee.

The participants exchanged views on the current state of information cooperation within the CIS, as well as discussed the specific features of media activities in the member states.

A separate focus of the discussion was on opportunities to expand contacts between media representatives and further develop the Commonwealth's common information space.