Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova met with the Chairman of the National People's Assembly Ibrahim Bougali within the framework of her business trip to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

According to the press and public relations department of the Milli Majlis, the chairman of the National People's Assembly, who sincerely greeted the leader of the Azerbaijani parliament, expressed satisfaction with the existing relations between our countries and parliaments.

He reminded that the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, visited this country in order to participate in the 31st Summit of the League of Arab States last November, and emphasized that this visit made an important contribution to strengthening the relations between our countries.

Ibrahim Bougali also noted that he visited Azerbaijan in June 2022 to participate in the first conference of the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement and said that he received positive impressions from Azerbaijan's achievements and development level.

He expressed that they are always ready to develop the support and cooperation of the Algerian Parliament within the framework of the Parliamentary Network.

He said that he saw the high hospitality of the Azerbaijani people during his visit to Baku, met with the members of the Algerian community living in our country, that they feel very comfortable and live well in Azerbaijan, and expressed their gratitude to our country for that.

The chairman of the National People's Assembly noted that the people of Algeria have experienced similar events in their history, and for this reason, they understand the pride of the people of Azerbaijan due to the victory they have achieved, and they wish the people of Azerbaijan peace and stability.

Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova expressed her gratitude for the invitation to visit and the high hospitality shown to the Azerbaijani delegation, saying that this visit is the first visit to Algeria at the level of the Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan.

Noting that Azerbaijan and Algeria are bound by traditional ties of friendship and common values, the head of the parliament reminded that next year will be the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

He emphasized that the visit of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is an important stage in the development of relations between our friendly countries and noted that there is great potential for further development of relations between our countries.

Speaker Sahiba Gafarova said that relations between our parliaments form an important aspect of relations between our countries.

The activity of friendship groups will support further deepening of these relations.

The speaker noted that our parliaments successfully cooperate in international parliamentary organizations and there is mutual support between our legislative bodies in these organizations.

All this serves peace and security, solidarity.

At the meeting, the chairman of the Milli Majlis informed about the terrorist act committed against the embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran a few days ago - on January 27, and noted that many countries strongly condemned this incident.

The chairman of the Milli Majlis gave extensive information about the activities of the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement, which was created at the initiative of the President of Azerbaijan, and the tasks facing this platform.

He pointed out the importance of cooperation within the framework of this platform, noting that the next conference of the Parliamentary Network to be held in Bahrain is intended to discuss important issues in terms of the institutional development of this cooperation framework.

Sahiba Gafarova noted that the Parliamentary Network is an institution that can contribute to coordinating the joint activities of member parliaments, making the voice of our countries heard in the international world, and solving issues of mutual interest.

He appreciated Algeria's active participation in the work of the organization.

Speaker of the Parliament, the glorious Victory achieved by our country in the 44-day Patriotic War, the resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council and other international organizations demanding the liberation of our lands from occupation remained on paper for many years and were not implemented, the implementation of these documents was carried out at the expense of Azerbaijan's own power, our country informed about the new situation in the region after the restoration of territorial integrity, the restoration and construction works carried out in our territories freed from occupation.

He noted that despite Azerbaijan being the initiator of the normalization process between Azerbaijan and Armenia and proposing the signing of a peace agreement based on the 5 main principles of international law,


Other issues of mutual interest were also discussed during the conversation.

The meeting was also attended by the deputy chairman of the Milli Majlis, Fazail Ibrahimli, the head of the Azerbaijan-Algeria inter-parliamentary relations working group, Mahir Abbaszade, MPs Sabir Rustamkhanli and Javanshir Pashazade, and Azerbaijan's ambassador to this country, Tural Rzayev.