On 12 February 2020, Mr. Laszlo Keller, Consul General of Hungary to Istanbul, visited the PABSEC International Secretariat and met with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General.
On 12 February 2020, Mr. Mircea Lazar, Representative of the Romanian BSEC Chairmanship-in-Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, visited the PABSEC International Secretariat and met with Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General. The meeting was also attended by Mr. Daniel Dulca, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General.
On 8-10 February 2020, the PABSEC Delegation composed of Mr. Petar Kanev, Head of the PABSEC Bulgarian Delegation, Mr. Otar Danelia, Head of the PABSEC Georgian Delegation, Mr. Ramaz Nikolashvili, Vice-Chairman of the PABSEC Legal and Political Affairs Committee and member of the PABSEC Georgian Delegation, Mr. Maksim Shchablykin, member of the PABSEC Russian Delegation, Mr. Cemal Ozturk, Head of the PABSEC Turkish Delegation, and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, participated in the monitoring of the early parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The PABSEC delegation, composed of Mr. Mikhail Emelianov, Chairman of the PABSEC Legal and Political Affairs Committee and Head of the PABSEC Russian Delegation, and Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, participated in the 15th Conference of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (PUIC), which was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 27-30 January 2020 upon the invitation of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso.
On 27-31 January 2020, Mr. Cemal Ozturk, Head of the PABSEC Turkish Delegation, and Mr. Ali Gurkan Ustundag, Administrator of the PABSEC International Secretariat, participated in the Winter Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in Strasbourg.
On 22 January 2020, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, paid a working visit to Ankara and met with the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT) Mr. Mustafa Sentop. Mr. Cemal Ozturk, Head of the PABSEC Turkish Delegation also participated in this meeting.
The Coordination Meeting of the BSEC Chairmanship-in-Office, the Committee of Senior Officials, BSEC Related Bodies and BSEC PERMIS, was held at the BSEC Headquarters in Istanbul, on 17 January 2020. The PABSEC International Secretariat was represented by Mr. Daniel Dulca, PABSEC Deputy Secretary General.
On 16 January 2020 Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, paid a working visit to Sofia and met with Mrs. Tsveta Karayancheva, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria. Mr. Petar Kanev, Head of the PABSEC Bulgarian Delegation also participated in the meeting.
On December 26, 2019, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, visited the Parliament of Georgia and met with Mr. Archil Talakvadze, PABSEC President, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia. Mr. Otar Danelia, Head of the PABSEC Georgian delegation, and Mr. Ramaz Nikolaishvili, Vice-Chairman of the PABSEC Legal and Political Affairs Committee, also participated in this meeting.
The 9th Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic-speaking Countries (TurkPA) was held in Baku on 18 December 2019, upon the invitation of the Milli Mejlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Mr. Asaf Hajiyev, PABSEC Secretary General, presented the PABSEC at this event.
