BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 25. Speaker of
Azerbaijani Parliament Sahiba Gafarova has met with Chairman of the
Consultative Council of the Kingdom of Bahrain Ali bin Saleh Al
Saleh as part of her official visit to this country on 25 January,
Trend reports,
citing the press and public relations department of the Azerbaijani
Parliament.
Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh welcomed the Speaker of the Parliament of
Azerbaijan warmly and expressed his belief that this visit would
contribute to a further deepening of the relations between our
countries and parliaments. He said that his country is interested
in expanding co operation with Azerbaijan and emphasised the
importance of expanding the inter parliamentary ties further in
this context.
Having witnessed her appreciation of the high-level hospitality,
Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova stressed that the first
official visit of Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament to the
Kingdom of Bahrain would allow for negotiations about deepening of
our relations further.
As was remarked in the conversation, our peoples share common
religious and cultural values that unite our friendly countries.
Stressing the existence of a great potential for development of the
bilateral relations in all areas, the parties voiced a confidence
that political contacts and the exchange of reciprocal visits
between the two states concerning various spheres will contribute
to the development of the ties.
The positive co operation between our countries in the format of
various international and regional organisations, such as the UN,
the Organisation of Islamic Co operation and the Non Aligned
Movement, was also brought u at the meeting, as was satisfaction
was with the mutual support in these organisations.
The conversation addressed issues of the co operation between
the legislative bodies. The effective co operative links
established between the legislative bodies of Azerbaijan and
Bahrain were pointed up, The reciprocal visits of Speakers of
Parliament of both countries had promoted the deepening of this
relationship.
Speaker Sahiba Gafarova recalled fondly her previous encounters
with the Chairman of the Consultative Council, including Ali bin
Saleh Al Saleh’s participation in the conference of the Non Aligned
Movement Parliamentary Network in the city of Manama. It was
emphasised that the Parliament of Bahrain is represented at all the
conferences and parliamentary events of this important
parliamentary platform, including in the governing bodies of the
Organisation.
The meeting also saw an exchange of views regarding other
matters of shared interest.
