The delegation of Turkmenistan headed by the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Milli Gengesh Gulshat Mammedova participated in the finished today 13th plenary session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) in Antalya (Türkiye), the press-service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry reports.

Delegations from 27 countries participated in the session, held on the topic “Promoting multilateralism in a changing international dynamic”.

During the meeting, the speeches by the Secretary General of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly Mohammad Reza Majidi, the current Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye and the APA, Mustafa Shentop, as well as the chairmen of the parliaments of the participating countries, were heard.

Delivering the speech, the Chairman of the Mejlis of the Milli Gengesh Gulshat Mammedova noted that Turkmenistan attaches particular importance to bilateral and multilateral cooperation in the fields of ensuring peace and security by the means of parliamentary diplomacy.

In this context, the initiatives and proposals of the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of the Milli Gengesh of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to improve the work of parliamentary friendship groups, encourage cooperation between young parliamentarians, increase the activity of women deputies, and increase parliamentary support for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, were noted.

Within the framework of the held forum, meetings of the Political Committee, the Executive Committee and the standing committees of the APA were held, at which the parliamentarians exchanged views on the issues on the agenda of the committees, made proposals to increase the efficiency of the structures, and considered draft decisions.

Precisely, the countries – participants of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly discussed transfer to the more effective format – establishing of Asian parliament. This was proposed by the delegation of Türkiye, Iran and the number of other countries.

Following the meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly, a declaration was adopted.

The Asian Parliamentary Assembly was established in 2006 on the conducted in Teheran 7th Session of the Association of the Parliaments of Asia for peace (APAP).