POLITICS
THREE MEMBERS OF AZERBAIJANI DELEGATION PRESENTED WITH CIS PA’S “SODRUJESTVO” ORDER
A delegation of the Milli Majlis led by its chairman Ogtay Asadov arrived in Saint Petersburg May 30 to participate in the meeting of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly.
The delegation was welcomed at the Pulkovo-1 airport by secretary general of CIS PA’s council Mikhail Krotov, Azerbaijan’s consul general in Saint Petersburg Gudsi Osmanov, permanent representative of the Milli Majlis in the CIS PA and other officials.
The delegation of Azerbaijan included MPs Arif Rahimzadeh, Ali Huseynov, Rafael Huseynov, Fazail Agamaly, Adil Aliyev, Elton Mammadov, Jamil Hasanli, Ulvi Guliyev as well as head of the Milli Majlis’s administration Safa Mirzayev and other officials.
The delegation of Azerbaijan is going to partake in a number of solemn ceremonies dealing with the 15th anniversary of the CIS PA.
The 28th meeting of the CIS PA commenced May 31 at the Tavria Palace in Saint Petersburg. Opening the event, chairman of the Russian Federation’s Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly Sergey Mironov congratulated the participants on the 15th anniversary of the CIS PA.
The meeting was addressed by MM speaker Ogtay Asadov. He said that all ties among post-Soviet countries were broken off after the collapse of the USSR. However, there was a need to establish the organization coordinating economic cultural ties among these countries. This is the Commonwealth of Independent States, which was established 15 years ago. CIS’s structures including the Parliamentary Assembly have been successfully functioning since then.
MM chairman touched on the role of the PA, its position in the member countries, impact on international processes. O. Asadov stressed that territorial claims and aggression are intolerable within this organization. According to him, such cases cast shadow on the activity of the PA.
Three members of the Azerbaijani delegation, Ali Huseynov, Fazail Agamaly, and Firudin Hajiyev were conferred with the CIS PA’s “Sodrujestvo” Order for promoting friendly tries among CIS member countries.
The exhibition of children’s handcrafts under the title “The world through children’s eyes” was also organized at the Tavria palace. Azerbaijan took an active part in the exhibition
MM speaker Ogtay Asadov participated in the conference entitled “cross-cultural and interreligious dialogue” on June 1. The members of Azerbaijani delegation partook in the sections of the conference.