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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Akmal Burkhanov: ‘It is Necessary to Learn Azerbaijan’s Experience’
Chairman of the Milli Majlis Defence, Security and Counter-Corruption Committee Ziyafet Asgarov met with Director of the Counter-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan on 20 May.
At the Asian Parliamentary Assembly Committee Meeting
The Standing Committee on Economic and Sustainable Development of the Asian Parliamentary Committee had a videoconferenced meeting on 20 May. A Milli Majlis Committee Chair and Leader of the Azerbaijan Delegation to the APA Ganira Pashayeva joined that meeting, too.
A Meeting of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Co-operation Committee Co-Chairs
The Co-Chairs of the European Union-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Co-operation Committee had a virtual meeting to discuss the post-war developments in the region thoroughly on 19 May.
It is Important to Inject Energy in Ties with Baltic States
Chairman of the Milli Majlis Committee for International Relations and Interparliamentary Connections Samad Seyidov had a conversation with Ambassador of Latvia to Azerbaijan Dainis Garančs and Head of the Office of the Estonian Embassy in Baku Andrey Valentinov on 19 May.
A Meeting with Azerbaijan’s Friends in Italy
The delegation led by Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met with members of the Italy-Azerbaijan Friendship Group and the Italy-Azerbaijan Friendship Association at Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome on 19 May.
Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met with Chairman of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova who is in Italy on an official visit currently met with Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy Roberto Fico at Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome on 19 May.
Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Met with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova, in Italy on an official visit currently, had a meeting with the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation Luigi Di Maio on 19 May.
At the Meeting of the Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology Committee
Opening the meeting of the Milli Majlis Committee for Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology on the 19th of May, Committee Chairman Sadig Gurbanov let it be known that the agenda contained the first reading of the Bill of the Azerbaijan Republic ‘On Employment of Renewable Energy Sources in Electricity Generation’.
Azerbaijani-Italian Connexions are Progressing
As part of her current official visit to Italy, Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met on 18 May with the State Secretary of the Italian Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Co-chairman of the joint Interstate Commission for economic co-operation between the Azerbaijan Republic and the Italian Republic Manlio Di Stefano.