Armenian, Azerbaijani parliament speakers to meet during IPU Assembly in Istanbul

Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan said on Tuesday that he will hold meetings with his Azerbaijani and Georgian counterparts during the 152nd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, which will take place in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Simonyan will lead a delegation to Türkiye from 16–19 April to participate in the 152nd IPU Assembly.

“Speakers of parliaments from many countries will be present there. At this stage, meetings are scheduled with my counterparts from Azerbaijan and Georgia,” Simonyan said.

Simonyan met his Azerbaijani counterpart, Sahiba Gafarova, during the 151st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva.