CIS Daily Bulletin, April 23

Below is a summary of events in the Commonwealth of Independent States on April 23:

Armenia:

* Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan left for Moscow on an official visit at the invitation of President Dmitry Medvedev, his spokesman said

Belarus:

* Russia and Belarus will hold a meeting of their Union Council of Ministers in Minsk on May 28, Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky said

Georgia:

* The Georgian opposition stepped protests in the country's capital as supporters began arriving in Tbilisi from Georgian provinces

Ukraine:

* The amount of natural gas transited through Ukraine to Europe dropped 50% year-on-year in January-March to 17.6 billion cubic meters, the country's fuel and energy ministry said

* Ukraine and Russia will hold a new round of talks in Moscow on the delimitation of the Azov and Black seas and the Kerch Strait on April 22-23, a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official said