Chairperson of Russia's Federation Council arrives in Azerbaijan

Chairperson of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matviyenko arrived in Azerbaijan on an official visit on March 16, Report informs.

At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, where the national flags of both countries were flying, the guest was met by Deputy Chairman of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Ali Ahmadov, head of the working group on interparliamentary relations between Azerbaijan and Russia Polad Bulbuloglu and other officials.

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Chairperson of Russia's Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko will head a delegation to Azerbaijan on an official visit, where meetings with the country's leadership and parliamentarians are planned, Report informs referring to the press service of the Federation Council.

"During the visit, meetings with the leadership of Azerbaijan are planned. A meeting of the interparliamentary commission on cooperation between the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Parliament of Azerbaijan will also be held," reads the statement.

The meeting of the interparliamentary commission will be chaired by the co-chairs - First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Andrei Yatskin and First Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ali Ahmadov, the press service added.

The Russian delegation includes Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Vladimir Bulavin, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Science, Education and Culture Ilyas Umakhanov, First Deputy Chairperson of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy Zhanna Chefranova, First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy Ivan Abramov, State Duma deputies and Governor of the Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin.