BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13. Speaker of the
Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) Sahiba Gafarova met with
Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko during her official
visit to that country, Trend reports.
Describing the last month as a month of Azerbaijani-Belarusian
co-operation, the Prime Minister said that this period saw
sufficient intensity in the implementation of mutual visits between
the officials of the countries. The visits of President of Belarus
Alexander Lukashenko to Azerbaijan, of the Prime Minister of
Azerbaijan to Belarus and of the Speaker of the Milli Majlis to
Belarus against the backdrop of the regular session of the
Intergovernmental Commission held in Minsk made a very important
contribution to the development of relations between our countries
whilst also highlighting the high level of our ties.
The role of the high-level ties between the Heads of State in
the development of interconnection between the two countries was
emphasised duly at the meeting. The instructions of the Heads of
State to expand our ties are being successfully implemented by the
relevant state bodies.
It was further remarked that the official visit of President
Ilham Aliyev to the Republic of Belarus in 2018 and the state visit
of President Alexander Lukashenko to Azerbaijan last month as well
as the documents inked during those visits had given a special
boost to our relations. Azerbaijan and Belarus have signed about
150 documents covering political, economic, social, humanitarian,
scientific, technical and regional co-operation to date; those
documents have formed a solid legal foundation for the progress of
the bilateral connexions.
Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko voiced his satisfaction with
the elevated level of our interparliamentary relations and said
they were in line with the spirit of interstate relations, whereas
the visit of the Speaker of the Milli Majlis was going to make a
material input in the further expansion of ties in the
parliamentary perspective.
Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova spoke about the
meetings held during her visit. She mentioned the exchange of views
on many aspects of the bilateral co-operation, amongst them useful
discussions on deepening the relations in the legislation field
further. Joint activities in that field and the intensification of
the co-operation between the parliamentary committees are expedient
to ensure even greater contribution to the relations between our
countries.
As she briefed the Belarusian PM on Azerbaijan’s achievements
during the independence period, the Speaker of Milli Majlis said
that Azerbaijan had taken the path of development after the
National Leader Heydar Aliyev had come to power in our country at
the insistence of the people. Fundamentals of the country’s
economic and social development were formulated. The oil strategy
implemented under the guidance of the Great Leader opened great
opportunities for our country. At present, Azerbaijan has achieved
great successes in all areas under the successful leadership of
President Ilham Aliyev.
Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko also said that Azerbaijan had
covered a remarkable path of development since gaining
independence.
The conversation continued with Speaker Sahiba Gafarova telling
PM Golovchenko about the rehabilitation and construction works
going on in the Garabagh and East Zangazur economic regions. The
‘smart city’ and ‘smart village’ concepts are used in the process
and renewable energy sources are utilised. The agreement on the
participation of Belarusian companies in the reconstruction works
was highly praised during the conversation, too.
It was then emphasised that the collaboration of Azerbaijan and
Belarus in the economic area and in trade was advancing dynamically
and there are good opportunities to achieve even greater results in
agriculture, processing industry and several other spheres.
