The Speaker of Azerbaijan Milli Majlis (Parliament) Sahiba Gafarova discussed the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Change Convention (COP29), which will be held in Baku in November this year in her meeting with President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Press and Public Relations Department of the Milli Majlis told Report.

The exceptional role of political contacts, mutual visits and meetings in the development of bilateral relations was noted at the meeting.

It was also emphasized that economic relations are one of the main components of bilateral relations between the countries, as well as it was said that the current level of commercial and economic relations creates a good basis for wider cooperation.

Also, within the framework of inter-parliamentary relations, issues of cooperation in international parliamentary organizations were considered. Both the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which was created on the initiative of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly were emphasized as good platforms for cooperation.

Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova also informed about the current situation in the region and the peace negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

In particular, the President of Singapore said that his country will be strongly represented at COP29.