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SUBJECT [Mar 31] Azerbaijani Parliament opens plenary sessions despite the global pandemic
DATE 2020-03-31
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Photo: Menafn. Azerbaijani Parliament opens plenary sessions despite the global pandemic

 

In the midst of COVID-19 crisis, Azerbaijan’s Parliament held a plenary meeting of spring session on March 30, 2020. Before the opening of the session, the Parliament took multiple measures to make sure they would open a virus-free meeting.

 

Prior to the opening of the session, MPs and staff members of the Parliament went through medical examination for COVID-19 to rid any risks of spread within the parliament. In addition, the Parliament implemented two measures to cope with the pandemic crisis: Azerbaijani MPs are to sit no less than 2 meters apart during the session, and three Information Exchange Groups for online communication were launched to facilitate the preparation for the plenary sessions and communication. These measures were taken to avoid the spreading of COVID-19 by restricting direct communication among people within the Parliament.

 

During the session, Azerbaijani Speaker Sahiba Gafarova mentioned that future sessions of Milli Majlis are planned to be held online as well. Also, she noted that preventive measures to stem the spread of the infection in Azerbaijan are in action, under the instruction of President Ilham Aliyev and First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, and that the Coronavirus Response Fund was set up and received donations by legal entities and individuals, to which Milli Majlis also donated AZN 250,000.

 

The plenary session also dealt with the draft law, ratifying the country’s joining the Intergovernmental Agreement for Dry Ports. After discussions with the committees, the bill was voted for. The agreement was signed at a meeting of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand on November 7, 2013. The bill concerns development of dry ports, within the national programs and policy structures.

 

 

[Sources]

Menafn. (2020, March 30). Next plenary meeting of spring session of Azerbaijani Parliament kicks off. Retrieved from https://menafn.com/1099936209/Next-plenary-meeting-of-spring-session-of-Azerbaijani-Parliament-kicks-off

 

Trend. (2020, March 24). Information Exchange Groups created in Azerbaijani parliament (UPDATE). Retrieved from https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/3212520.html

 

Menafn. (2020, March 30). Azerbaijan's parliament ratifies joining another international document. Retrieved from https://menafn.com/1099937773/Azerbaijans-parliament-ratifies-joining-another-international-document

 

Azertag. (2020, March 30). Speaker Sahiba Gafarova: Milli Majlis set to go online. Retrieved from https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Speaker_Sahiba_Gafarova_Milli_Majlis_set_to_go_online-1450495

 

 

BY MSEAP Cyber Secretariat (mseap@assembly.go.kr)