PABSEC Deputy Secretaries General, Ms. Valentina Cobzareanu and Mr. Borys Kolisnychenko, participated in the 217th session of the Governing Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), held on 16 April 2026 within the framework of the 152nd IPU Assembly in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye.
On 15 April 2026, H.E. Mr. Shalva Papuashvili, PABSEC President, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia and H.E. Mr. Afrim Gashi, Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, visited the PABSEC International Secretariat in Istanbul.
On 15 April 2026, a delegation comprising Mr. Ahmed Aljarwan, President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace, Mr. Epainete Jangrang Sende, President of the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, and Mr. Zoran Ilievski, Head of the Southeast Europe Office, visited the PABSEC International Secretariat and held a meeting with the PABSEC Secretary General, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev.
On 14 April 2026, Mr. Ashraf Bouali, Director of the OECD Istanbul Center, paid a visit to the PABSEC International Secretariat and met with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General.
Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General participated in the 9th Meeting of the Women’s Wing of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), held on 9–10 April 2026 in Istanbul.
Mr. Akkan Suver, President of the Marmara Group Foundation and Mr. Ferit Sag, member of the Executive Board of the Foundation, visited the PABSEC International Secretariat in Istanbul on 9 April 2026 and held a meeting with the Secretary General of PABSEC, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev.
On 31 March 2026, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, paid a working visit to Tbilisi and met with Mr. Shalva Papuashvili, President of PABSEC and Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia.
Mr. Ivan Kyrylenko, member of the PABSEC Ukrainian Delegation, and Mr. Borys Kolisnychenko, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General, participated in the Black Sea Blue Economy Summit held in Trabzon, Republic of Türkiye, on 26 - 29 March 2026.
The 66th Meeting of the PABSEC Committee on Economic Policy and Development was held in Bucharest (Romania) on 17 March 2026, at the invitation of the Senate of Romania.
