Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova made a statement at the joint press conference of the Speakers of Parliament of the TURKPA Member States following the 15^th Plenary Session of the TURKPA in Kyrgyzstan’s city of Bishkek on 20 October.

Sahiba Gafarova expressed gratitude to the Kyrgyz side for the extended care and generous hospitality. She remarked that the issues of continued development and strengthening of the inter-parliamentary ties in keeping with the spirit of alliance of Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan had been discussed at the meeting with Speaker of the Joğorqu Keñeş of the Kyrgyz Republic Marlen Mamataliev with the attendance of the delegations as part of the official visit.

It was stressed in the remarks that the TURKPA has covered a dramatic path of development over the past years and has evolved into an important platform promoting mutually advantageous co-operation and playing an active role in international parliamentary diplomacy. The meeting of the Assembly Council and the 15^th Assembly Plenary Session had been successful; the Organisation’s performance and outcomes of the elapsed period had been considered and the next-period priorities and co-operation prospects discussed at them.

The Speaker pinpointed the relevance of the topic of the Plenary Session in view of the modern period’s challenges. Definition of new vectors of inter-parliamentary co-operation takes on special significance under the circumstances of the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and technological progress, she said.

It was also said that the outcomes of the 15^th Plenary Session of the TURKPA were going to contribute to the continued strengthening and broadening of the Organisation’s work.

The Press and Public Relations Department
The Milli Majlis