Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova, in St Petersburg on a working visit, spoke at the 52^nd plenary sitting of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly on 16 April.

Mrs Gafarova expressed a confidence that the spring session of the Assembly would prove constructive and fruitful. Talking about the great roles of parliaments and the parliamentary diplomacy in the modern age then, she stressed that the CIS IA was an advantageous platform of parliamentary co-operation, one important for discussion of current regional and international issues and networking with the other parliamentary organisations. The Interparliamentary Assembly has achieved positive results in arranging forums on the burning issues of our age as well as in expanding the relations amongst the CIS member-states. Madame Speaker also praised the remarkable initiative of the Eurasian Women’s Forum that she said demonstrated the growing profile of women in the reinforcement of peace and security by the Assembly.

Citing the support given to the initiative to institute the International Parliamentarism Day that the CIS IA had motioned at the 72^nd session of the UN General Assembly, Madame Speaker described the annual celebration of the International Parliamentarism Day on the 30^th of June since 2018 as a source of satisfaction.

Furthermore, the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament said she was certain that the mutual relations within the CIS IA would make the comprehensive partnership ties amongst the states stronger and the relations between their supreme legislative bodies more profound.

Then, Sahiba Gafarova attended a press conference.

 The Press and Public Relations
Department The Milli Majlis