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01.05.2006 [17:23]
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On return from St. Petersburg, Speaker of the Milli Majlis Ogtay Asadov told journalist gathered at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport that the goal of his visit was to attend the Russian State Duma centenary celebrations.

He advised he had delivered a speech at the jubilee session of the Russian parliament, and outlined activities of its members of Azerbaijani origin.

During the visit, Mr. Asadov met with his Russian counterpart Boris Gryzlov, chairman of the Council of Federation Sergei Mironov to discuss issues of bilateral relations, interparliamentary cooperation etc.

The partial re-run of the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan scheduled for May 13, 2006 was the focus of Ogtay’s Asadov’s meeting with PACE President Rene van der Linden, who expressed confidence that the elections will be transparent and democratic. The speaker noted that Council of Europe’s twenty observers will arrive in Azerbaijan after May 3 to monitor the process, and invited Mr. Linden to visit the country following the elections.

Art the meeting with Sergei Mironov, according to him, they returned to the question of creation of CIS monitoring institute, and reached an agreement to form a working group to this end.

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