Azerbaijan, Baku, June 4 / Trend , A. Huseynbala/
Date for meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic Speaking Countries to be held in Baku has been set.
The date was set at the meeting of the heads of administrations of parliaments of the Turkic Speaking Countries PA at Azerbaijan parliament today. The meeting will be held in Baku on Sept. 28-29, 2009.
Heads of the parliament administrations of the member states of the Turkic Speaking Countries' decided to establish Parliamentary Assembly at a conference in Istanbul in 2008. The PA includes Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan refused to participate.
Head of the Azerbaijani parliament administration Safa Mirzayev proposed the PA General Secretariat to locate in Baku.
"It would be honor for Azerbaijan to host the General Secretariat," Mirzayev said.
No decision has been adopted yet on location of the secretariat. The meeting participants are discussing regulations at the moment. The discussions are expected to end with protocol of understanding.
The meeting in the Azerbaijani parliament is attended by representatives from Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.
The representatives visited grave of Azerbaijan's national leader Heydar Aliyev in the Honorary Cemetery and Martyr's Lane.
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