BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 19. Parliaments should
continue their efforts to strengthen ties between Azerbaijan and
Belarus, Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament,
said in a joint press statement with Igor Sergeyenko, Speaker of
the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus,
Trend reports.
Gafarova emphasized that visits and meetings at the
parliamentary level are an indicator of the current state of
relations:
She noted that interparliamentary ties between Azerbaijan and
Belarus reflect the current state of relations between our
countries.
“Today, the friendship groups operating in our parliaments
maintain regular contact. Our deputies participate in events
organized in both Azerbaijan and Belarus, and also serve as
observers in presidential and parliamentary elections held in each
other’s countries.
We cooperate within the framework of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union, the CIS Parliamentary Assembly, and the Assembly of Asian
Parliaments (APA). It was during the Azerbaijani Parliament’s
chairmanship of the APA that the Belarusian parliament was granted
observer status in this organization,” Gafarova stressed.
According to the speaker, the above indicates that relations
between the parliaments of Azerbaijan and Belarus are at a very
high level.
“During our discussions with Igor Sergeenko, we concluded that
we must continue our efforts to further expand these ties,”
Gafarova concluded her remarks.
