Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 25
By Sabina Ahmadova - Trend:
Azerbaijani ambassador to Lithuania Hasan Mammadzade has met with new chairperson of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Grauzhinene, the Azerbaijani embassy in Lithuania told Trend today.
At the meeting, the Azerbaijani ambassador stressed the importance of expanding the activity of the inter-parliamentary friendship groups with the aim of maximal mobilization of the parliaments' opportunities in promoting the cooperation between the two countries.
The sides discussed bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Lithuania, inter-parliamentary relations, cooperation in regional and international organizations.
The ambassador congratulated Grauzhinene on her election to the post of the Seimas chairperson, expressed satisfaction with the level of inter-parliamentary ties between Azerbaijan and Lithuania and emphasized the importance of developing the relations in this sphere.
It should be stressed that currently the number of members of the friendship group with Azerbaijan in the Lithuanian Seimas is 49, whereas previously the group included 21 people.