Today, 22nd meeting of the Commission on Interparliamentary Cooperation between the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan (Parliament) and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was held, APA reports.
The opening ceremony of the meeting was attended by Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan, and Valentina Matviyenko, Chairwoman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia.
At the event, Polad Bulbuloglu, Chairman of the Culture Committee of the Milli Majlis, was awarded the honorary badge of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia “For Services in the Development of Parliamentarism.”
The Azerbaijan-Russia Interparliamentary Commission then continued its work.
The co-chairs of the commission – First Deputy Speaker of the Milli Majlis Ali Ahmadov and First Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Andrey Yatskin – provided information on the issues on the agenda.
Participants of the meeting expressed their opinions and remarks on the presented issues.
After discussing the agenda items, the 22nd meeting of the Interparliamentary Cooperation Commission of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation concluded.
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The opening ceremony of the 22nd meeting of the Interparliamentary Cooperation Commission between the Milli Majlis and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation was held, APA reports.
Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova and Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko participated in the ceremony.
Valentina Matviyenko expressed gratitude to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva for their efforts in promoting the Russian language and culture in Azerbaijan.