MS HR38

Welcomes Chairwoman Sevinj Fataliyeva and Congressman Asim Mollazade from the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Mississippi House of Representatives on February 21, 2012

Recognizes Azerbaijan as a democratic, secular republic governed by a 125-member Parliament, located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe

Acknowledges Chairwoman Fataliyeva's service on the Azerbaijani Parliament's Foreign and Interparliamentary Relations Committee and as a delegate to the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly

Notes Congressman Mollazade's background as a doctor, founder of the Democracy Development Foundation (1994) and Euro-Atlantic Centre of Azerbaijan (1998), and Parliament member since 2000

Directs copies of the resolution be furnished to the visiting dignitaries, the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Capitol Press Corps