The Azerbaijan State News Agency

DOCUMENTS ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN AND RUSSIA DISCUSSED

As stated, at the 6 April session of Milli Majlis, after the approval of the agenda, the deputies have started discussion of some interstate documents concerning maintenance of development of strategic partnership and friendship between Azerbaijan and Russia.

Opening the session, Chairman of Milli Majlis Murtuz Alaskarov stated that during official visit of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to the Russian Federation between two states a number of the documents having extremely great value have been signed. First, the “Moscow Declaration of the Azerbaijan Republic and the Russian Federation» has been submitted to the deputies. With the information, on the said document speaking was the vice-chairperson of the standing committee of Milli Majlis on the international relations and inter-parliamentary links Gultekin Hajiyeva. Also was speaking on the item, chairman of the standing committee on social policy Hadi Rajabli, vice-chairman of Milli Majlis, chairman of the standing committee on security and defense affairs Ziyafet Askerov, chairman of the standing committee on questions of natural resources, power and ecology Asya Manafova, who informed that the document has been discussed and unanimously approved in the commissions.

During discussions, the deputies have noted that the «Moscow Declaration of the Azerbaijan Republic and the Russian Federation» opens new opportunities for the further expansion of relations between our countries in political, economic, social and humanitarian spheres. One of the extremely important features of the said document consists that the Russian Federation declares the recognition of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, and also all countries of South Caucasus, and confirms that supports resolution to all questions in the region, including the Nagorny Karabakh conflict, on the basis of norms of international law and resolutions of the United Nations. It has been marked, that the said Declaration specifies development of relations between our countries on ascending.

After discussions the Declaration has been put on voting and unanimously adopted.

Then, the MPs have discussed questions on the statement on «Programs of cooperation in humanitarian sphere between the Azerbaijan Republic and the Russian Federation for 2004-2006» and «Agreements between the government of the Azerbaijan Republic and the government of the Russian Federation on mutual protection of the secret information». Both documents, which have received high estimation, have been put on voting and unanimously adopted.

At the mid-day session of parliament, discussed were the questions on the statement of «Report between the government of the Azerbaijan Republic and the government of the Russian Federation about stage-by-stage liquidation of exceptions in the free trade regime», Agreement «On cooperation of member-states of the Commonwealth of Independent States in struggle against crimes in the field of the computer information», Agreement «On cooperation of member-states of the Commonwealth of Independent States in struggle against criminality» and the «Frame agreement on trading cooperation of the Organization of Economic Cooperation». By granting the detailed information on the said documents, it has been marked that they have been in details considered in the commissions and approved. Documents have been put on voting and adopted.

After discussion of the documents connected to Conventions, discussed were the questions on internal laws. Considered were the laws «On amendments and supplements to some acts of the Azerbaijan Republic» and «On introduction of amendments to the Code of administrative offences of the Azerbaijan Republic». The detailed information on both questions has been given to deputies. It has been marked that the given questions were discussed in the corresponding commissions, offered changes and additions have been approved. After studying opinions of deputies, both questions have been put on voting and adopted.

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