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Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Meets with Speaker of Uzbek Parliament at PAECO Event
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met on 1 June with the delegation under Chairman of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan Nurdinjon Ismoilov attending the current event of the Economic Co-operation Organisation’s Parliamentary Assembly (PAECO) in Islamabad.
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Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Spoke at a Meeting of Women Parliamentarians
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova presided over the first session of the Women Parliamentarians’ meeting held in Islamabad, Pakistan on 1 June on the margins of the 2nd General Conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Co-operation Organisation.
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Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Spoke at the 2nd General Conference of Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Co-operation Organisation
As part of her current visit to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova spoke at the opening event of the 2nd General Conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Co-operation Organisation on 1 June.
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Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Gave an Interview to Pakistani TV
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met with the mass media people covering the Second General Conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Co-Operation Organisation and gave the Pakistani television an interview on 1 June.
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Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova spoke at a PAECO gathering in Islamabad
As we have reported, the parliamentary delegation led by Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova are in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on a working/official visit.
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Parliamentary Delegation Led by Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova are in Islamic Republic of Pakistan
As reported earlier, the parliamentary delegation led by Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova arrived in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 31 May.
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The Spring Session of Milli Majlis is Over
Speaker Sahiba Gafarova chaired the concluding plenary sitting of the spring session of the Milli Majlis on 31 May. Adoption of a six-item agenda was followed by a discussion of the issues du jour.
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Parliamentary Delegation Led by Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova to Visit Islamic Republic of Pakistan
The parliamentary delegation to be led by Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova will be in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on a working/official visit from 31 May till 4 June.
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At the Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly
The role of parliaments in eliminating the pandemic and building a better future was talked over at the 142nd virtual session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union held on 26-27 May.
At an Ordinary Plenary Sitting of the Milli Majlis
Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova presided over the ordinary plenary sitting of the Parliament held on 27 May and begun with the adoption of a fifteen-item agenda. The issues du jour were talked over after the agenda had been adopted.
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A New Page Being Turned in Education Co-operation between Azerbaijan and Turkey
The Bill on ratification of the inter-governmental vocational education co-operation between the Azerbaijan Republic and the Turkish Republic was tabled at the meeting that the Milli Majlis Sciences and Education Committee had on 27 May.
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The Bill on Shusha Town Discussed at a Joint Link-Up of Milli Majlis Committees
The Milli Majlis committees for culture, for law policy and state-building, for economic policy, industries and enterprising, and for regional affairs had a joint videoconference on 26 May. Chair of the Culture Committee Ganira Pashayeva tabled the second reading of the Bill ‘On the Town of Shusha, the Cultural Capital of Azerbaijan’, saying that that historic draft law had had an extensive first reading and that the proposals made by the MPs then would be incorporated into the documentation on enforcing the new law once it was enacted.
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At the Meeting of the IPU Assembly’s Governing Council
The members of the Milli Majlis and of the Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Kamran Bayramov, Nigyar Arpadarai and Tural Ganjaliyev took part in the 142nd virtual session of the IPU Assembly’s Governing Council on 24-25 May.
At the Plenum of the Milli Majlis
The scheduled plenary sitting of the Parliament of 25 May chaired by Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova began with the adoption of an eight-item agenda. The MPs Anar Iskandarov, Elman Nasirov, Siyavush Novruzov, Malahat Ibrahimghizi, Razi Nurullayev, Igbal Mammadov, Ali Masimli, Rauf Aliyev, Jeyhun Mammadov, Sahib Aliyev, Zahid Oruj and Sattar Mehbaliyev talked about their constituents’ and constituencies’ issues and brought up several related matters as the current issues were discussed. They also voiced relevant proposals.
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At the Nevsky International Ecological Congress
Deputy Chair of the Milli Majlis Adil Aliyev and MP Iltizam Aliyev will be in St Petersburg, Russia on 26-30 May for the XI Nevsky International Ecological Congress.
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Shusha, the Cultural Capital of Azerbaijan
The Bill ‘On the Town of Shusha, the Cultural Capital of Azerbaijan’ was tabled for the first reading at the joint meeting of the Milli Majlis committees for culture, for law policy and state-building, for economic policy, industries and enterprising, and for regional affairs on 24 May.
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State Budget Performance Discussed at a Committee Meeting
Opening the meeting of the Milli Majlis Committee for Economic Policy, Industries and Enterprising on 24 May, Committee Chairman Tahir Mirkishili announced the three items put on the agenda. Item one, Mr Mirkishili said, was the Bill (the first reading) ‘On the Utilisation of the State Budget of the Azerbaijan Republic in 2020’. A relevant report is submitted for consideration of the Committee while the Bill is arrived as accompanied with the relevant opinion statement by the Chamber of Accounts.
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Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Met with Newly-Appointed Turkish Ambassador in our Country
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met with the inbound ambassador of the Turkish Republic to Azerbaijan Cahit Bağçı and congratulated him on the start of his work on 24 May.
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At the Ordinary Sitting of the Milli Majlis
Before the sitting proper began, the Chair of the Milli Majlis told the House of the visit of the delegation led by her to the Italian Republic on 17-19 May. That visit had seen conversations with Chair of the Italian Senate Ms Maria Elisabetta Alberti-Kasellati, Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy Roberto Fico, Italy’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Luigi Di Mario, State Secretary of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation and Co-Chairman of the joint Interstate Commission for Economic Co-operation between the Azerbaijan Republic and the Italian Republic Manlio Di Stefano and members of the Italy-Azerbaijan Working Group as well as the Italy-Azerbaijan Friendship Association.
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At the Session of the Youth Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member Nations
As reported earlier, the 16th session of the Youth Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS Member Nations is being held in St Petersburg on 18-22 May and the members of the Milli Majlis Emin Hajiyev and Nigyar Arpadarai are taking part in it.