Azerbaijan to host the 41st meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS member states, RIA Novosti reported citing the statement from the Public Relations Center of Russia's Federal Security Service.

The meeting is expected to be held in the third or fourth quarter of 2016.

The Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS member states was created in accordance with the decision of the Council of Heads of CIS member states dated March 28, 1997, to cooperate and coordinate the activities of the security and special services in fighting the international organized crime and other spheres.