On January 26, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic States (TURKPA), Ambassador Ramil Hasan, held a series of bilateral meetings on the margins of the 16th Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA).

Within this framework, the first meeting was held with AbdelRahim Almaaia, President of the International Parliamentarians’ Congress and former Vice-Speaker of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on the implementation of the Memorandum of Cooperation and Mutual Understanding signed between TURKPA and the International Parliamentarians’ Congress in 2023. It was noted that expanding future cooperation opportunities could be further advanced through the active engagement of parliamentarians from TURKPA member states. In this regard, the other side expressed interest in elevating cooperation to a new level by encouraging more active participation of members of parliament from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Türkiye within the framework of the International Parliamentarians’ Congress.

The parties held comprehensive discussions on these issues and agreed that, in due course, the International Parliamentarians’ Congress would address an official letter to the TURKPA Secretariat outlining concrete mechanisms for the development of cooperation. In turn, the TURKPA Secretariat will approach the heads of parliaments of TURKPA member states with a view to reaching agreement on cooperation opportunities across various fields.