BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 16. Speaker of the
Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova has met with Speaker of the Parliament
of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili at the Assembly of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly taking place in Istanbul,
Trend reports,
citing the Press and Public Relations Department of the Milli
Majlis.
During the meeting, Shalva Papuashvili presented Speaker of the
Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova with the Parliamentary Medal of Honour
of Georgia. It was said that the Speaker of the Azerbaijani
Parliament had been awarded this supreme honour in consideration of
her contribution to the progress of the inter-parliamentary ties
and to the strengthening of the friendship between our peoples
further. Besides, as was emphasised, Speaker of the Milli Majlis
Sahiba Gafarova is the first parliamentary speaker to have been
decorated with this medal.
It was then said as the conversation continued that such
international events as the IPU Assembly create significant
opportunities both for discussing issues of concern shared by the
world community and current problems, and for reviewing
co-operation between legislative bodies.
The parties stressed the important role of contacts between the
Heads of State as well as mutual visits at the summit and high
levels in the development of relations to high standards. The
significance of President Ilham Aliyev’s state visit to Georgia in
April this year was underlined particularly in this context.
It was said contentedly in the course of the conversation that
Inter-parliamentary co-operation is setting high standards, too,
and it was further noted that the legislative bodies co-operate
with success both bilaterally and within various international
organisations. As was stressed, inter-parliamentary co-operation is
one of the important directions of both bilateral and multilateral
ties between Azerbaijan and Georgia, and mechanisms for effective
interaction have been formed in this field.
Reciprocal visits by parliamentary Speakers and MPs have a
beneficial effect on further deepening dialogue between the sides,
it was said at the meeting. Sahiba Gafarova mentioned her own visit
to Georgia in March.
Further, it was said that, alongside the friendship groups,
there is also positive experience of co-operation between
parliamentary committees. The mutual support and co-ordinated
activity of Azerbaijani and Georgian MPs on international platforms
were stressed in particular, besides.
The meeting also saw an exchange of views also took place on
other matters of mutual interest.
