BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 20. A parliamentary
delegation led by Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the Azerbaijani
Parliament, has departed for a working visit to the Russian
Federation, Trend
reports, citing the press service of the Parliament.
Meanwhile, it is reported that the purpose of the visit is to
participate in a meeting of the Council and the 60th plenary
session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS).
At Pulkovo-3 Airport in St. Petersburg, Sahiba Gafarova was met
by Nizami Mamishev, Deputy Chairman of the St. Petersburg Committee
on Foreign Affairs and Head of the Department of Foreign Economic
Cooperation; Dmitriy Kobitskiy, Secretary General of the CIS
Council; Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Russia, Rahman Mustafayev; the
Plenipotentiary Representative of the Azerbaijani Parliament to the
CIS, Aydin Jafarov; the Acting Consul General of Azerbaijan in St.
Petersburg, Anar Yusifzade; and other officials.
