TurkPA to send mission to observe parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic-speaking countries (TurkPA) will send an observation mission to the extraordinary parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan on February 9.

Report says the organization is currently considering the composition of its observation mission that will include two representatives of each member-state,

TurkPA is a parliamentary association of Turkic-speaking countries. Its goal is the formation of a mechanism of interparliamentary relations between Turkic-speaking countries. Moreover, rapprochement of political views, information exchange, promotion of Turkic culture, expansion of economic ties, implementation of joint projects, and finding ways to solve the problems of the Turkic world are also among its main tasks.

Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan signed an agreement on the creation of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking countries at a conference of the chairmen of the parliaments on November 21, 2008, in Istanbul.