25.04.2011, 15:05 12855

Kazakhstan to chair TurkPA

Kazakhstan will chair the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries (TurkPA).

Almaty. April 25. Kazakhstan Today - Kazakhstan will chair the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries (TurkPA), Kazakhstan Today reports.

The Peace and Harmony Palace in Astana is to host events for the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries (TurkPA) on April 27-28, the Kazakh parliament's lower chamber said, Trend reported.

"The TurkPA member-states' parliamentary speakers are expected to arrive in Kazakhstan to participate in the inter-parliamentary activities," the report states.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev initiated the creation of TurkPA at the Eight Summit of the Heads of Turkic-speaking countries in Antalya in November 2006.

"The TurkPA Council will hold a meeting on April 7 at which the presidency of the organization will be transferred from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan," the report reads.

The TurkPA Council is expected to discuss the meeting's agenda and the draft agenda of the TurkPA second plenary session. Chairman of the Council TurkPA and Kazakh Parliamentary Speaker Ural Mokhamedjanov will speak on this.

"The Turkic Academy's activity will be presented on April 28. The TurkPA second plenary session will start work at 10 am," the report reads.

Kazakh Parliamentary Speaker Ural Mokhamedjanov, Azerbaijani Ogtay Asadov, Kyrgyz Ahmatbek Keldibekov and Turkish Mehmet Ali Shahin are all expected to make speeches at the session.

TurkPA was established in Baku in 2009. The secretariat of the organization is also in Baku. The Secretariat consists of the Secretary General, his deputies from Turkey and Kazakhstan and the expert group.

TurkPA includes Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.


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