PABSEC Secretary General Mr. Asaf Hajiyev had a meeting with Mr. Giorgi Tsereteli, Vice President of the OSCE PA in Tbiilisi, Georgia, on 15 March 2016.

The sides exchanged the views on the prospects for closer interparliamentary cooperation and joint workshops between OSCE PA, PABSEC, Parliamentary Network of World Bank and other Parliamentary Assemblies. The two sides discussed the issues of mutual interest and agreed to improve relations between the two Assemblies through the organization of joint activities on common issues. The OSCE PA representative expressed the political will on this direction.

The sides discussed a wide range of issues such as cooperation of International Organisations against terrorism, energy security and stability in Black Sea region, fighting against corruption, etc. The sides expressed their wish to organise such workshops in a nearest future.

It was noted that the PABSEC is interested to get observer status in the OSCE PA and also the issues of closer cooperation between the PABSEC and the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE were considered.