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TurkPA to have office in Baku

18 November 2009 11:47 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Elbrus Seyfullayev â€“ APA. Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking Countries (TurkPA) will have its office at the newly-constructed building of Milli Majlis, the Azerbaijani parliament, TurkPA Secretary General Ramil Hasanov told APA. He said representatives of TurkPA member countries would arrive in Azerbaijan and begin their diplomatic activities until January 5, 2010.

Hasanov said he held his first meetings as secretary general. He met with chairman of Turkish parliament Mehmet Ali Shahin last month and discussed the organizationâ€™s working plan for 2010. Mehmet Ali Shahin proposed to hold Congress of World Turkic-speaking Parliamentarians in Istanbul in 2010 on the occasion of 90th anniversary of Turkish parliament. â€œI reported to the speakers of Azerbaijani and Kazakh parliaments about that. Most probably certain measures will be taken toward thisâ€.

Hasanov said he met with the chairman of Kazakhstanâ€™s Senate Kasimjomart Tokayev. He said they discussed plans of conference in Baku on new opportunities of strategic partnership.