Azerbaijan's Parliament held an extraordinary session on March 18, during which the members of the supreme legislative body of the country discussed the amendments to the law On Physical Protection of the Nuclear Material, as well as a draft law on amendments to the Criminal Code.

Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov has appealed to the top Russian prosecutor and the head of the investigation committee over the recent developments regarding an arrested Azerbaijani citizen in Moscow.

Azerbaijani MPs have been receiving citizens' appeals in connection with pardons and there are those who wish to apply to the relevant commission through MPs, Azerbaijani Deputy Speaker Bahar Muradova told Trend news agency on Tuesday.

The Khojaly genocide committed by Armenian armed forces against Azerbaijani civilians during the 1990s war continues to gain wide international recognition and the Azerbaijani parliament seeks to express gratitude to those who recognized the massacre.

The Azerbaijani parliament has ratified an agreement with Turkey on the transit of Azerbaijani gas through its territory and construction of an independent pipeline.

The Azerbaijani parliament (Milli Majlis) during a plenary session on Friday adopted a draft law on amendments to the Tax Code that comes into effect on January 1, 2013, Trend news agency reported.

The Azerbaijani parliament at its Tuesday session cancelled a memorandum on simplified border crossings by Azerbaijani and Iranian citizens residing in border areas, as its term expired in early December.

The Azerbaijani parliament ratified an agreement on the construction of a separate gas pipeline to transport gas to Turkey and through its territory, as well as an agreement on the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline system (TANAP) between the governments of Azerbaijan and Turkey on Tuesday.

The Azerbaijani parliament must protest against recent statements of Uruguay's MP and his illegal visit to the country's occupied territories, MP Ganira Pashayeva said at a session of the Parliament on Wednesday.