During an official visit to Azerbaijan on July 16, the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with the head of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova, TDH reports.

During the meeting, Hero-Arkadag emphasized the importance of inter-parliamentary dialogue, gender equality, women's and youth diplomacy. In this regard, he proposed that Azerbaijani parliamentarians, together with their Turkmen colleagues, develop an algorithm for interaction in these areas.

Expressing confidence in the prospects for strengthening bilateral cultural, scientific, and educational cooperation, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proposed considering the possibility of organizing youth scientific and educational forums under the auspices of the parliaments of the two countries.

The Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan noted the importance of the proposals made and confirmed the desire of the Azerbaijani side to continue to increase cooperation with Turkmenistan through legislative bodies.

Hero-Arkadag expressed confidence that the current meeting will serve as an important impetus for deepening the Turkmen-Azerbaijani fraternal ties, including through parliamentary diplomacy in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries.

Having emphasized the importance of friendship groups created in the Mejlises of the two countries in increasing inter-parliamentary dialogue, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed the need to intensify the practice of their regular meetings.

Noting that today the role of parliaments in protecting peace, ensuring security, restoring the culture of respectful dialogue is very important, Hero-Arkadag expressed confidence that parliamentarians of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan can together make a significant contribution to achieving these goals, work on issues on the global agenda.