TurkPA Secretariat`s headquarters inaugurated in Baku [PHOTO]

An official opening ceremony of headquarters of Parliamentary Assembly of the Turkic-speaking Countries (TurkPA) Secretariat was held in Baku.

Speaker of Azerbaijan`s Parliament Ogtay Asadov, Chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) Ismail Kahraman, Speaker of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin and Chairman of the Jogorku Kenesh (Parliament) of the Kyrgyz Republic Chynybay Tursunbekov attended the ceremony.

They cut the ribbon symbolizing the official opening of the building. The attendees watched a video on the activity of TurkPA.

TURKPA was established on November 21, 2008, according to anagreement signed by the heads of parliaments of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey in the "Dolmabakhche Saray" located in Istanbul city of Turkey.

In 2009, the first plenary session of TURKPA was held in Baku. The TURKPA Regulations, Articles of Secretariat, Baku Declaration, and Statement regarding the permanent accommodation of the Secretariat in Baku city were adopted at the plenary session.

The TURKPA chairmanship is annually handed over from one country to another by means of rotation in English alphabetical order.