PUIC General Secretariat Participates in APA Conference in Azerbaijan

PUIC General Secretariat Participates in APA Conference in Azerbaijan

Upon the kind invitation of H.E. Mrs. Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and as part of its efforts to strengthen cooperation between the PUIC and other parliamentary organizations, the General Secretariat of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States participated in the 15th Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) held on Wednesday, 19 February 2025 at the headquarters of the Parliament of Azerbaijan in Baku, under the theme: “Role of Parliamentary Diplomacy in Developing Multilateral Cooperation and Development in Asia”.

Participants discussed the challenges facing Asia, such as climate change, drying glaciers, intra-Asian trade, exchange of legislative capacity, the spread of epidemics, lack of security, drug trafficking, etc.

In addition to the issues on the agenda, the speeches of the heads of delegations of the member parliaments also focused on the Palestinian cause and its developments, the need to confront attempts to liquidate it, and the categorical rejection of displacement plans and the establishment of an alternative homeland for the Palestinians. Participants also strongly condemned all war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian people and the continuing Israeli aggression on the West Bank, Lebanon and Syria.

Moreover, the meeting approved the Sultanate of Oman's membership in the Asian Parliamentary Assembly and it endorsed the request of Belarus to be granted observer status in APA.

The meeting also voted Bahrain's parliament as the president of the APA for 2026 and Iran's parliament as its president for 2027.

21 February 2025

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