The Region in Brief

Armenia

Armenian parliament speaker Alen Simonyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Sahiba Gafarova are set to hold a bilateral meeting during the 149th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva this October. The meeting will mark the third such encounter between the two leaders. Thomas Fitzsimons, IPU Director of Communications, confirmed the news, stating, “From October 13 to 17, the speakers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet as part of the IPU Assembly in Geneva. The exact date is yet to be finalized. This meeting aims to introduce parliamentary diplomacy as part of ongoing efforts to promote peace in the region.”