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