The Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council has arrived in Azerbaijan for an official visit

Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko, arrived in Azerbaijan on an official visit on March 16, News.Az reports citing Press and Public Relations Department of Azerbaijani Parliament.

The officials who welcomed the guest at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport included First Deputy Speaker of the Milli Majlis Ali Ahmadov, Head of the Working Group for Inter-Parliamentary Relations with Russia Polad Bulbuloglu and both countries’ ambassadors Rahman Mustafayev and Mikhail Yevdokimov.

Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko will have a number of meetings and take part in the forthcoming 22nd meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation Commission of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation during this official visit.