POLITICS
MEETING OF CIS INTERPARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY’S COUNCIL HELD IN SAINT-PETERSBURG
The delegation of Azerbaijan’s Parliament led by Speaker Oqtay Asadov participated in the event, which along with a wide range of questions also discussed participation of the Assembly’s observers in the repeat elections to the Milli Majlis.
The meeting’s participants welcomed the results of the repeat elections in Azerbaijan, describing them as fair and free, and stressing President Ilham Aliyev’s role in promoting democracy in the country.
The Council’s session followed by the Assembly’s 27th general meeting.
The meeting of Russian, Azerbaijani, Georgian and Armenian speakers was held behind the closed doors.
The CIS Interparliamentary Assembly’s meeting commenced November 15 with sessions of the Permanent Commission on Economy and Finance, Permanent Commission on Social Policy and Human Rights and Permanent Commission on Legal Issues.
The sessions discussed social policy in the CIS member states, problems of migrants and the missing, social protection of disable persons and other questions.