PHOTO: Al jazeera.com. President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan appoints Ali Asadov as new Prime Minister.
On October 8, 2019, Azerbaijan’s Parliamentary Speaker Ogtay Asadov announced that Prime Minister Novruz Mammadov would resign. President IIham Aliyev appointed his advisor for economic affairs, Ali Asadov, as the new Prime Minister. The appointment was unanimously approved by the Parliament with 105 votes in total.
The former Prime Minister Novruz Mammadov was appointed in April last year, after working as the President’s foreign policy adviser and deputy head of presidential staff.
Azerbaijani MP and Deputy Executive Secretary of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) Siyavush Novruzov described the new Prime Minister as an active participant in various economic projects and social development programs. The MP also noted that Mr. Ali Asadov’s contributions to the economic and agricultural sectors have been extremely beneficial for the Azerbaijani society.
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PHOTO: oscepa.org. OSCE PA President George Tsereteli calls for international cooperation and an increased role for parliamentary diplomacy at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
At the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held in Strasbourg from October 24 to 25, Speakers of Parliament from 47 countries on the Eurasian continent gathered to share ideas on common challenges and parliamentary diplomacy in international relations.
When addressing the session titled “Our common European home: the next 70 years,” President Tsereteli of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) put an emphasis on improving international partnership and expanding the role of parliamentary diplomacy in the current geopolitical context.
President Tsereteli said: “If we look at the 70 years ahead of us, the picture will not be bright if we do not resolve the conflicts affecting our region and neighborhood, where, first and foremost, our people are suffering and losing hope,”
“As elected representatives, we carry the additional responsibility of restoring the confidence of our citizens towards politics,” added the President.
Besides speeches, there were also meetings on the sidelines. President Tsereteli and Secretary General Montella of OSCE PA met with Speakers of Parliament from countries such as but not limited to: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Spain, Turkey, and Ukraine. The OSCE PA delegation also met with Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) President Gabriela Cuevas Barron, keeping up with the talks they had during the 141st IPU Assembly.
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