Bishkek, April 14, 2023. / Kabar /. Speaker of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic Nurlanbek Shakiev took part in the meeting of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States in St. Petersburg of Russia.
The event was opened by Valentina Matviyenko, Chairman of the IPA CIS Council, followed by speeches by the heads of the parliaments of the member countries of the Assembly.
In his speech, Nurlanbek Shakiev noted the great contribution of the CIS IPA to strengthening cooperation between the parliaments of the Commonwealth member states. “In particular, the Assembly was and is a good platform for discussing the development of the legislative framework in the field of political, economic, cultural and humanitarian relations. Kyrgyzstan, which took over the chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States this year, will actively continue efforts to increase cooperation,” he said.
In addition, according to the speaker, the Jogorku Kenesh is also interested in expanding cooperation between the CIS parliaments. “If we turn to history, the first meeting of the CIS IPA was held in Bishkek in September 1992, where all organizational issues of the Organization's activities were resolved. I am sure that we will hold the next autumn meeting of the Assembly in Kyrgyzstan at a high level,” Nurlanbek Shakiev stressed.
Informing that within the framework of the autumn meeting it is planned to organize a conference dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the great writer Chyngyz Aitmatov, he invited the heads of parliaments to take an active part in this event.
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