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Parliament opens spring session

1 February 2017 15:15 (UTC+04:00)
Parliament opens spring session

By Amina Nazarli

The Azerbaijani Parliament has today opened the first plenary meeting of its spring session.

The agenda of the February 1 meeting covers 27 issues, including reorganization of the Parliament’s Disciplinary and Accounts Commissions, as well as consideration of draft amendments to the Criminal Code, Administrative Offences Code, Customs Code, laws "On access to information", "On insolvency and bankruptcy", "On accounting", "On grants", "On social insurance", "On state duty", "On aviation", "On customs tariff", "On securities market", "On protection of historical and cultural monuments".

Firstly, the parliamentarians approved the composition of Disciplinary and Accounting commissions of the Parliament, which remained unchanged.

The Parliament also approved two agreements "On air communication between the Government of Azerbaijan and the Government of Kuwait" and "On economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Portugal".

By signing of the intergovernmental agreement on air communication on November 16, 2016, Azerbaijan and Kuwait removed obstacles to the opening of air links between the two countries, which will contribute to the further development of bilateral economic and cultural ties between the two sides.

The agreement "On economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Portugal" was also signed on November 16 during the visit of Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to Portugal at the meeting with his counterpart Santos Silva.

During the session, MP Yagub Mahmudov proposed to adopt a document on the right to inherit the area of 9,000 square meters, including Yerevan (formerly Irevan), which had been given to Armenia during the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic.

These territories were given to Armenia on certain conditions, Mahmudov, who is also the director of the Institute of History, said noting that the Institute has managed to acquire those documents from abroad.

“In those lands, Azerbaijanis were supposed to be allowed to live in peace, Shaumyan-led acts of genocide had to be ended, and Armenia had had to give up its claims on Zangazur and Garabagh. But all of these conditions were breached,” the MP added, APA reported. “Therefore, we must raise the issue of inheritance to these lands and take necessary steps for it. We’re ready to submit all of those documents to the Parliament.”

The Parliament's spring session will end on May 31.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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