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ISLAMABAD:
Parliamentary leaders from Azerbaijan, Malaysia and the Maldives have underscored the need for stronger inter-parliamentary cooperation to address global challenges of conflict, insecurity, and climate change.
Speaking at the session of the Inter-Parliamentary Speakers’ Conference (ISC) hosted by the Senate of Pakistan, they praised Islamabad’s initiative to bring together lawmakers from around the world under the theme “Peace, Security and Development.”
First Deputy Speaker of the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of Azerbaijan, Ali Ahmadov, said that the conference marked “a new chapter in parliamentary diplomacy,” allowing nations to respond collectively to global threats and humanitarian crises through dialogue and cooperation.
Earlier, Deputy President of the Senate of Malaysia, Senator Nur Jazlan bin Mohamed, warned that the world was witnessing the “highest number of active conflicts since World War II” and facing a convergence of crises – from armed conflict and terrorism to climate change and cyber threats.
Taking part in general debate, Speaker of the People’s Majlis of the Maldives, Abdul Raheem Abdulla, said that peace, security, and development were “inseparable realities that define our existence.”
