Azerbaijani parliament speaker arrives in Georgia - UPDATED

A parliamentary delegation led by the Speaker of Milli Majlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan, Sahiba Gafarova, has visited the monument to the National Leader in the Heydar Aliyev Park in Tbilisi.

According to Report's local bureau, Gafarova laid a wreath at the monument to great leader Heydar Aliyev and paid tribute to the memory of the genius. The speaker was accompanied by Azerbaijani lawmakers, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Georgia Faig Guliyev and other officials.

As part of her Georgia visit, the speaker also visited the Heroes Memorial in Tbilisi, where she laid a wreath at the monument to the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the territorial integrity of Georgia.

The national anthems of Azerbaijan and Georgia were sounded.

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A parliamentary delegation led by the Speaker of Milli Majlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan, Sahiba Gafarova, has arrived in Georgia.

At the Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi International Airport, the delegation was welcomed by Deputy Chairman of the Georgian Parliament/head of the Georgia-Azerbaijan inter-parliamentary connexions working group Archil Talakvadze, the ambassador of Georgia to Azerbaijan Zurab Pataradze and the ambassador of Azerbaijan to Georgia Faig Guliyev and other officials.

Milli Majlis Speaker Sahiba Gafarova is expected to meet with Georgia's several top officials.