At the Meeting of the Defence, Security and Counter-Corruption Committee
The Milli Majlis Committee for Defence, Security and Counter-Corruption held a remote meeting to look at three Bills on 7 May.Committee Chairman Ziyafet Asgarov remarked whilst he was briefing the assembled on the Bills that the first agenda item referred to a document containing changes in the Law ‘On the State Border of the Azerbaijan Republic’ that would improve and make more exacting the regulation of the public relations that the law embraced.
A Meeting at Milli Majlis
Chairman of the Milli Majlis Committee for International Relations and Interparliamentary Contacts Samad Seyidov met on 6 May with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to our country Christopher Martinez Berroteran.
Ambassador Serjan Abdikarimov: ‘Kazakhstan Has Always Supported Azerbaijan’s Territorial Integrity’
Leader of the Milli Majlis Delegation to the OSCE PA, OSCE PA Vice President and Chairman of the OSCE PA Silk Way Support Group Azay Guliyev met with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan Serjan Abdikarimov on 6 May.
Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met with Prime Minister of Georgia
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova had a meeting with the visiting delegation led by Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on 5 May. Madame Speaker greeted the guests sincerely before describing Azerbaijan and Georgia as neighbours and friendly countries whose friendship has the centuries-old history.
A Videoconference ‘Heydar Aliyev and a Powerful Azerbaijan’
The Milli Majlis Committee for Regional Affairs in conjunction with the Association of Urban, Settlement and Rural Municipalities of Azerbaijan held a videoconference ‘Heydar Aliyev and a Powerful Azerbaijan’ on the occasion of the 98th birthday of the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev.
Twelve Items Considered at a Milli Majlis Committee Meeting
Speaking at the meeting that the Milli Majlis Committee for Economic Policy, Industries and Enterprising called on 5 May, Committee Chairman Tahir Mirkishili went through the items on the agenda and pointed out that promoting the progress of business enterprising and making pertaining procedures more transparent made the chief goals of the economic legislative work being done in Azerbaijan.
At the Plenary Sitting of the Milli Majlis
Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova chaired a scheduled plenary sitting of the Parliament on 4 May. The agenda of the sitting was adopted and a discussion of the current issues followed.
Economic Policy, Industries and Enterprising Committee Had a Meeting
The Milli Majlis Committee for Economic Policy, Industries and Enterprising held a meeting on 30 April at which Committee Chairman Tahir Mirkishili said that the past-period activities of the sixth-convention Milli Majlis had been governed by the recommendations contained in the programme address of President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan to the Parliament at its first sitting.
At the 7th World Conference of IPU Young Parliamentarians
The two-day 7th World Conference of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union began in the videoconferencing mode on 28 April. The Milli Majlis members Kamran Bayramov, Nigyar Arpadarai, Parvin Karimzade and Naghif Hamzayev, too, joined the event entitled ‘Post-COVID-19 Recovery: A Youth-Responsive Approach’.
Labour and Social Policy Committee Held a Hearing
The Milli Majlis Labour and Social Policy Committee held a hearing ‘Improving the Legislation on Disability Certification and Rehabilitation’ on 29 April with the attendance of First Deputy Chair of the Milli Majlis Ali Huseynli, chairs and deputy chairs of six parliamentary committees, MPs and representatives of the concerned ministries and organisations.
Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Took Part in the Online Meeting of Parliament Leaders ‘The Role of Parliamentarians in Strengthening International Peace and Trust’
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova took part in the online meeting of the leaders of several countries’ parliaments ‘The Role of Parliamentarians in Strengthening International Peace and Trust’ that was organised on 28 April on the initiative of the Parliament of Turkmenistan.
There was a Conference on Local Self-Government Progress Perspectives
A videoconference ‘The Progress Perspectives of Local Self-Government in Azerbaijan: the Current Situation and the Tasks Ahead’ co-organised by the Milli Majlis Committee for Regional Affairs and the National Associations of Urban, Settlement and Rural Municipalities of Azerbaijan took place on 28 April.
A Meeting at Milli Majlis
The Milli Majlis Working Group for interparliamentary contacts Azerbaijan-Mexico had a meeting on 28 April with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the United Mexican States in our country Juan Rodrigo Labardini Flores.
A Hearing on Family Strategy is Held at Milli Majlis
The Milli Majlis Committee for Family, Women’s and Children’s Affairs and the Human Rights Ombudsman co-organised and a held a hearing ‘Forming a Family Strategy in the Legal Environment in Azerbaijan’ on 28 April.
Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Reacted to the Fictitious ‘Armenian Genocide’ Claims at the Parliament’s Plenum
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova reacted to the recent claims of the fictitious ‘Armenian genocide’ at the scheduled plenary session of the Parliament held on 27 April. Madame Chair said that the claims of a genocide to which Armenians were allegedly subjected 106 years ago had caused tensions between Turkey and the United States of America.
Economic Policy, Industries and Enterprising Committee Held a Meeting
The Milli Majlis Committee for Economic Policy, Industries and Enterprising held a meeting on 26 April where the first-reading draft amendments to the Law of the Azerbaijan Republic ‘On the “Alat” Free Economic Zone’ was considered in the first order.
There was a Phone Conversation between Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova and Chair of GNAT
There was a telephone conversation at the initiative of Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova between her and Chair of the Great National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) Mustafa Şentop on 24 April. The speakers of the fraternal countries jointly deplored the statement by the President of the United States of America Joseph Biden regarding recognition of the fictitious ‘Armenian genocide’.
This is from the Press and Public Relations Department of The Milli Majlis
The Press and Public Relations Department of the Milli Majlis now reports the stern response of Chair of the Milli Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic Sahiba Gafarova to the biased and one-sided statements made by the chairman of the Senate of France Gerard Larcher whilst in Armenia recently. The Chair of the Milli Majlis has said that the assertions of the French speaker in no way comply with the obligations assumed by his country as a Co-chair of the Minsk Group.
The Presentation by the National Co-ordinator on Combatting Human Trafficking was Heard at a Milli Majlis Sitting
Chairman of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova presided over the ordinary plenary sitting of the Parliament that was held on the 23rd of April. Adoption of the agenda of the sitting was followed by the discussion revolving about the issues du jour, with remarks and suggestions regarding the electors’ concerns offered by the parliamentary committee chairmen Musa Guliyev and Zahid Oruj as well as the MPs Fazil Mustafa, Nurlan Hasanov, Hikmat Mammadov, Javid Osmanov, Ali Masimli, Bahrouz Maharramov, Jala Aliyeva and Elman Nasirov.
A Tour-de-Table on Migration Problems in CIS Countries
The Milli Majlis members Nizami Safarov and Anatoliy Rafailov joined the online tour-de-table ‘The Specificities of Migration Process Regulation in a Pandemic Period in the CIS Member-States’ held on 21 April.