Baku, Azerbaijan, April 5. The Azerbaijani
Parliament Speaker Sahiba Gafarova held a meeting with the Speaker
of the Council of Representatives of Bahrain Ahmed bin Salman
Al-Musallam, a source in the parliament told Trend.
During the meeting, satisfaction was expressed with the current
state of relations between Azerbaijan and Bahrain and the
parliaments.
Gafarova noted that the shared religious and cultural values
between peoples of the two countries contribute to the development
of relations between the countries and that our countries
successfully cooperate in several areas.
Further, the positive relations between the countries within
international and regional organizations such as the UN, the
Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM) were highlighted.
Gafarova emphasized Azerbaijan’s successful presidency in the
NAM, noting that it played an important role in the development of
the organization.
They also brought up the strong potential for further deepening
of the cooperation between Azerbaijani and Bahrainian legislative
bodies, and emphasized that the cooperation of the parliaments has
a significant and positive impact on the progress of the ties
between the countries.
Effective collaboration afoot between the countries’ legislative
bodies was also mentioned during the meeting.
It was highlighted that strengthening the bonds uniting the
parliamentary committees, MPs and parliamentary administrations as
well as organizing reciprocal visits could contribute to the
overall relationship.
They said with content that our legislatures also cooperate in
international parliamentary organizations, such as the
Parliamentary Network of the NAM, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and
the Asian Parliamentary Assembly.
Gafarova provided detailed information on the activities of the
parliamentary dimension of the NAM, established at the initiative
of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, under the country’s
chairmanship.
The interlocutors expressed confidence that the fourth
conference of the Parliamentary Network, to be held in Tashkent,
will be successful for the further development of the
organization.
Speaker of the Council of Representatives voiced his support for
the Azerbaijani chairmanship of the Parliamentary Network.
There was also an exchange of opinions about other matters
interesting both sides at the meeting.
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