Baku, March 23, AZERTAC Speaker of Azerbaijan's Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova has met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana Manzoor Nadir on the sidelines of the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union held in Geneva, the Swiss Confederation. During the meeting, the sides emphasized that the meetings held under the aegis of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and within other international organizations, as well as the dialogue help broaden the relations between the legislative assemblies. Speaker of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova underlined the fact that parliamentarians represent their nations, adding that deepening the links between the legislatures also brought the nations closer. The sides discussed cooperation within international organizations. They underlined the significance of the links within the Parliamentary Network of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) that was established at the initiative of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. Speaker Sahiba Gafarova informed her colleague of the global initiatives that President Ilham Aliyev had put forward during Azerbaijan's chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement. She underscored the importance of the emergence of the Organization’s Parliamentary Network for the progress of parliamentary diplomacy. The Speaker underscored that the Non-Aligned Movement Parliamentary Network had held one constituent and two sequential conferences so far. Speaker of the National Assembly of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana Manzoor Nadir highlighted the importance of inter-legislature links, noting that his country attaches special attention to cooperation in international parliamentary entities. During the meeting, the sides underlined that both countries attach great significance to tolerance and multicultural values. The Speakers of Parliament shared their views on the inadmissibility of national, racial and religious discrimination currently observed worldwide. The parties also exchanged views on other issues of mutual interest.