Belarus taking part in 43rd AIPA General Assembly in Cambodia
Valery Mitskevich, the Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus, has taken part in the opening ceremony of the 43rd General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), which takes place from November 20th-25th in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) – as reported in the House of Representatives’ press service
The National Assembly of Belarus has been participating in the ASEAN IPA general assemblies on a regular basis since 2011 as an observer. This year’s assembly is held under the theme Advancing Together for Sustainable, Inclusive and Resilient ASEAN.
Valery Mitskevich will make today a report at the AIPA plenary session. The programme of the visit also envisages a number of bilateral meetings with the heads of parliamentary delegations of the ASEAN member states, at which it is planned to discuss issues of enhancing co-operation with the countries of Southeast Asia across various fields.
Earlier, on the sidelines of the event, Valery Mitskevich had a protocol meeting with President of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia Heng Samrin. The meeting continued the inter-parliamentary dialogue that began in June 2012 with a visit to Belarus by the President of the National Assembly of Cambodia and a return visit to Cambodia of the Belarusian parliamentary delegation, headed by Speaker Vladimir Andreichenko in February 2013, during which a co-operative agreement was signed between the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus and the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
