Federation Council Deputy Speaker Iliyas Umakhanov met with President Habib El Malki of the House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament of the Kingdom of Morocco.
Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Iliyas Umakhanov held
a meeting with President of the House of Representatives of Parliament
of the Kingdom of Morocco Habib El Malki. The meeting was attended by First
Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Vladimir Jabarov and Deputy Chair of the Federation Council Committee on Defence and Security Mikhail Kozlov.
Iliyas
Umakhanov said that Morocco sent a representative
delegation to the Second International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism.” “We
support the new forms of interaction uniting parliaments of the world under a topical agenda,” he said and wished his Moroccan colleagues fruitful work at the forum.
Iliyas
Umakhanov noted that on 30 June the Inter-Parliamentary
Union marked 130 years since its establishment, which is also the International
Day of Parliamentarism. “All of this shows the growing role of parliaments in the modern world. We can see optimistic prospects for inter-parliamentary
interaction with Morocco at international venues.”
He added that relations between the two countries were developing in the spirit of strategic partnership. “The parliaments are vested with responsibility for creating favourable conditions for the signed agreements to actually operate for the benefit of expanding trade and economic relations as well as cultural and humanitarian ties and supporting contacts between our educational institutions.”
Iliyas
Umakhanov stressed that Russia paid great attention to the state of and prospects for cooperation with African countries. The Senator also
advised the President on the preparations for the Russia-Africa summit, which
is to be held in Sochi in October.
In turn, Habib El Malki said that Russian-Moroccan relations were maintained at a high level and had a historical nature.