A meeting of the TURKPA Commission on Legal Affairs is being held in Baku. It
is attended by representatives from Azerbaijan, Turkey,
Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
The chairman of the Commission, Haluk Ipek (Turkey), delivered the keynote
speech at the meeting. The agenda of the meeting includes
regulations of the parliaments of TURK PA member states, the
authorities of MPs and cooperation on legislative issues among the
TURKPA countries.
It was decided that the next Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic speaking
states is due to take place in Astana in 2013.
The agenda of the upcoming session will include the integration of
transport systems and economic cooperation between the TurkPA
member states.
In addition, the participants of the session in Baku discussed
reports about the regulation of the parliaments of the member-states
and the powers of deputies, as well as cooperation in the legislative
sphere. On the results of the discussions, a member of the commission,
Milli Majlis deputy of Azerbaijan Chingiz Ganizade, will prepare
recommendations for the fourth plenary session of TurkPA due to be held in Turkey
in 2013.
During the Baku session, some expressed the desire to see
representatives of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan as observers.
