George Dick: Tolerance in Azerbaijan is an Example for Other Countries to Follow
Leader of the Milli Majlis Working Group for the interparliamentary relations with Israel Anatoly Rafailov met with the Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan George Dick on 23 February.
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At the Sitting of the Milli Majlis
Speaker Sahiba Gafarova chaired a scheduled spring-session sitting of the Milli Majlis on 23 February. The current issues were discussed first. The MPs Sevinj Fataliyeva, Nigyar Arpadarai, Mushfig Mammadli, Hijran Huseynova, Azer Badamov, Ramil Hasan, Ali Masimli, Zahid Oruj, Mushfig Jafarov, Tahir Karimli, Fazil Mustafa and Javid Osmanov commented on the matters that concern the constituents and made a number of relevant remarks and proposals.
There was a Meeting with the Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan at Milli Majlis
The Azerbaijani MP Azay Guliyev met with the Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan George Dick on 23 February and told him, after the cordial welcome, of the special importance attached to furthering the relations with Israel in our country. Communities representative of various peoples have always coexisted peacefully in Azerbaijan; there are Muslims as well as the adepts of other religions in this country, MP Guliyev remarked.
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Our Interparliamentary Bonds with Mexico are on the Rise
The Working Group of the Milli Majlis for the Azerbaijan-Mexico interparliamentary contacts and members of the Mexico-Azerbaijan Friendship Group in the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the United Mexican States had a joint videoconference on 22 February that was dedicated to the 29th anniversary of the Khojali Genocide.
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Milli Majlis Chair Sahiba Gafarova Met with a Delegation of France`s National Assembly
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met with the visiting delegation of the National Assembly of France on 22 February.
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A Meeting with Peruvian MPs on Khojali Genocide
The interparliamentary relations working groups of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan and the Congress of Peru held a joint meeting and shared opinions about the 29th anniversary of the Khojali Genocide on 22 February.
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Azerbaijani and Afghani MPs Commemorated Khojali Genocide
A videoconference was held jointly by the Milli Majlis Working Group for the Azerbaijani-Afghani interparliamentary relations and the MPs of the National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Khojali Genocide on 22 February.
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Djibouti MPs Commemorated Khojali Genocide
A videoconference on the 29th anniversary of the Khojali Genocide was held together with the National Assembly of the Republic of Djibouti on 21 February on the initiative of the Milli Majlis Working Group for the interparliamentary contacts between the two countries.
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Azerbaijan-Estonia Working Group of Milli Majlis Sends a Letter of Gratitude to Estonian Colleagues
The members of the Milli Majlis Working Group for the Azerbaijan-Estonia Interparliamentary Contacts have sent a letter to the Leader of the Estonia-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Working Group Sven Sester with a high appraisal to the statement made by Mr Sester’s Group on occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Khojali Genocide and published on the official website of the Estonian Parliament, Riigikogu.
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A Letter of Appreciation to Indonesian Colleagues on Behalf of the Milli Majlis Working Group for Interparliamentary Contacts between Azerbaijan and Indonesia
Leader of the Milli Majlis Working Group for the Azerbaijani-Indonesian Interparliamentary Contacts Bakhtiyar Aliyev has sent a letter of appreciation to the Leader of the Indonesia-Azerbaijan Interparliamentary Friendship Group Muhammad Iqbal.
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Milli Majlis Committees Held a Joint Meeting
The Milli Majlis committees for Natural Resources, Energy and Ecology, and for Economic Policy, Industries and Enterprising held a joint online meeting on 18 February.
Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Met with Iranian Parliamentary Delegation
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met on 17 February with the visiting delegation that was led by Mujtaba Zunnur, Chairman of the Commission of National Security and External Policy of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Azerbaijani Embassy in Afghanistan to Help Deepen the Co-operation
Chairman of the Milli Majlis Committee for International Relations and Interparliamentary Contacts Samad Seyidov met with the Afghani Ambassador to Azerbaijan Amanullah Jaihoon on 17 February.
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On the Progress of Relations between Azerbaijan and Afghanistan
Members of the Milli Majlis Working Group for the Azerbaijan-Afghanistan interparliamentary contacts had a meeting with the delegation led by the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Afghanistan to our country Amanullah Jaihoon on 17 February.
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Azerbaijani-Iranian Relations are on the Rise
Chairman of the Milli Majlis Committee for International Relations and Interparliamentary Connections Samad Seyidov met on 16 February with the visiting delegation led by Mujtaba Zunnur, Chairman of the National Security and External Policy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Iranian Parliament’s Delegation Called at Milli Majlis
Chairman of the Milli Majlis Defence, Security and Counter-Corruption Committee Ziyafet Asgarov met on 16 February with the visiting delegation under Mujtaba Zunnur, Chairman of the National Security and External Policy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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At the Meeting of the Committee for Regional Affairs
The agenda of the online meeting of the Milli Majlis Committee for Regional Affairs held on 16 February contained the three items that Committee Chairman Siyavush Novruzov announced as the gathering began.
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This is from the Press and Public Relations Department of the Milli Majlis
The Working Group of the Milli Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic for interparliamentary connections between Azerbaijan and the USA has released a Declaration in connection with the letter that several members of the US Senate had addressed to President Joseph Biden on 9 February 2021.
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At the Meeting of the Labour and Social Policy Committee
The Milli Majlis Committee for Labour and Social Policy had a meeting in the videoconferencing mode on 13 February and, opening it, Committee Chairman Musa Guliyev announced that the agenda dealt with the draft amendments (the first reading) to the Labour Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.
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At the Plenary Sitting of Milli Majlis
Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova presided over the scheduled spring-session plenary sitting on 12 February. The 15-item agenda was approved first, after which the MPs Zahid Oruj, Ali Masimli, Naghif Hamzayev, Azay Guliyev, Elman Nasirov, Aydin Mirzazade, Musa Guliyev, Javanshir Pashazade, Fazil Mustafa and Tamam Jafarova stated their views of the issues of the day and motioned several ideas.