Azerbaijani parliament’s speaker to attend meeting of heads of CoE states’ parliaments

  10 September 2016    Read: 1041
Azerbaijani parliament’s speaker to attend meeting of heads of CoE states’ parliaments
On September 14, a delegation led by Speaker of the parliament Ogtay Asadov will visit France to attend the meeting of Speakers of parliament from the Council of Europe member states to be held in Strasbourg.
The delegation includes chairman of the parliamentary committee, Head of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE Samad Seyidov, Chairperson of the PACE’s Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons Sahibe Gafarova and other officials.

The delegates will discuss the issues of the migration and refugee crisis in Europe: role and responsibilities of parliaments, national parliaments and the Council of Europe: together promoting democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and mobilisation of parliaments against hate, for inclusive and non-racist societies.

During the visit, the parliament’s speaker plans to have several meetings with the PACE leadership and heads of the delegations. They will exchange views on the issues of mutual interest.

The visit will end on Sept.16.

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