BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 19. Speaker of the
Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova who is in the city of Geneva of the
Swiss Confederation has met with Secretary General of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong on the sidelines of
the 151st Assembly of the IPU, Trend reports.
The conversation addressed the issues of current and future
co-operation between the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan
and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The parties recalled fondly
their previous meetings and underscored such contacts’ dramatic
contribution to the progress of the ties with the Organisation and
between our countries.
It was stressed during the meeting that such events served as
important and beneficial platforms in terms of discussing the
tremendous international matters. The considerable role of the IPU
in the deepening of the co-operation between the Organisation’s
Member States was emphasised.
Also at the meeting were lauded the activities of the
Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement, established on
the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev, and the achievements in
institutional development and raising the international reputation
of the Organisation under the chairmanship of the Milli Majlis of
Azerbaijan were given a high appraisal.
