Belarusian MP attends IPU Assembly events in Indonesia

Chairman of the Standing Commission on Foreign Affairs and National Security of the Council of the Republic Sergei Rachkov took part in a meeting of the Eurasia Group coordinating joint action of the parliamentary delegation of the CIS member state on the sidelines od the 144th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary in Nusa Dua, Indonesia on 20 March, BelTA learned from the press service of the upper house of Belarusian Parliament.

The meeting was presided by Aigul Kuspan, the chairpersonof the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security of Mazhilis of Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The group reviewed the rules of procedure of the Eurasia Group, nominees to the vacancies in the governing bodies, and the outcome of the regular meeting of the IPU Executive Committee. The participants discussed the upcoming events of the 144th Assembly, the agenda of the working bodies and the overall theme of the general debate.

The opening ceremony of the 144th IPU Assembly was held on the same day, 20 March. President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Indonesia Puan Maharani together with IPU President Duarte Pacheco launched the IPU Assembly.