Inter-parliamentary cooperation

Parliaments of Belarus and Turkey play an important role in the development of political dialogue, in promoting bilateral cooperation in economic and trade, scientific and technological, cultural and other fields.

Cooperation between the parliaments of Belarus and Turkey has been carried out since 1992.

In November 2013, the Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, J.Çiçek, paid an official visit to Belarus. As a result, a Protocol on cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries was signed.

In October 2014, the Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus A.Rubinov paid a return visit to Turkey.

In August 2017, M.Myasnikovich, Chairman of the Council of the Republic National Assembly of Belarus, carried out a visit to the Republic of Turkey.

In April 2018 V.Voronetsky, Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, took part in bilateral Inter-parliamentary consultations in Ankara.

In July 2018, as the head of the Belarusian delegation, Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus M.Myasnikovich took part in the inauguration ceremony of the President of the Republic of Turkey R.T. Erdogan.

In October 2018, the Chairman of the House of representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus V.Andreichenko took part in the third meeting of speakers of parliaments of the Eurasian countries in Antalya.

The return visit of the Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey B.Yıldırım and the parliamentary friendship group to the Republic of Belarus took place in November 2018. Meetings with the President, Prime Minister and chairmen of both chambers of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus were held during the visit.

In September 2019, V.Bozkir, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, visited Minsk.

Bilateral friendship groups operate in the parliaments of the two countries.

After the parliamentary elections in Turkey in 2018 and Belarus in 2019, the Interparliamentary friendship Group was headed by: on the Belarusian side – the Chairman of the Permanent Commission of the House of representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus on international Affairs A.Savinykh, on the Turkish side – the Deputy from the ruling justice and development Party of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey S.Eser.