BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 17. Speaker of the
Azerbaijani Parliament, Sahiba Gafarova, has met with Second Vice
President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Grecia Colmenares,
within the framework of the 152nd Assembly of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Istanbul, Türkiye, a source
in the parliament told Trend.
The conversation reviewed the interparliamentary cooperation
issues.
The meeting expressed satisfaction with the cooperation of
Azerbaijan and Venezuela in several international organizations,
including the UN and the Non-Aligned Movement. Besides, the meeting
emphasized that all initiatives put forward by the Azerbaijani
government during our country’s chairmanship in the Non-Aligned
Movement were supported by Venezuela.
During the conversation, Gafarova spoke about the institutional
development of the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned
Movement, established at the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev,
and the work done to implement the organization’s goals. Colmenares
highly appreciated the activities of the Parliamentary Network and
stated that her country actively participates in the work of the
network.
Furthermore, the meeting exchanged views on other issues of
mutual interest.
