Islamabad: The National Assembly Secretariat, under the leadership of Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, will host the Third Trilateral Conference of the Speakers of Pakistan, Trkiye, and Azerbaijan from October 12 to 14, 2025, in Islamabad.
The conference aims to strengthen parliamentary cooperation among the three brotherly nations and provide a platform to deliberate on ways to promote sustainable peace, regional stability, and shared prosperity.
The event will be attended by Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Trkiye Mr. Numan Kurtulmus, and Speaker of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan Madame Sahiba Gafarova, along with their respective parliamentary delegations.
This trilateral engagement forms part of an ongoing initiative to enhance inter-parliamentary dialogue and institutional collaboration among the three countries. The series began in 2021 in Baku, where the first conference laid the foundation for enhanced cooperation, followed by the second conference in 2022 in Istanbul, which reaffirmed the commitment to deepen institutional linkages and strategic coordination.
Building on the momentum of previous meetings, the Islamabad Conference will seek to consolidate parliamentary relations and develop a coordinated approach to address regional and global challenges.
Key agenda items include discussions on the impacts of climate change, advancement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), disaster resilience and management, safeguarding regional integrity and sovereignty, collective responses to external threats, and promotion of people-to-people and cultural exchanges.
The upcoming conference reflects Pakistan's firm commitment to parliamentary diplomacy, aimed at advancing peace, cooperation, and inclusive development across the region. It is expected to serve as a milestone in strengthening friendship, mutual trust, and shared aspirations among the three nations for a peaceful, stable, and prosperous future.
A Speakers' Executive Meeting will be held prior to the plenary sessions to review the progress on decisions taken during previous conferences and to finalize the agenda for the Islamabad meeting.
The opening session will feature addresses by Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker Numan Kurtulmus, and Speaker Sahiba Gafarova, while the conference will conclude with the adoption of the 'Islamabad Declaration', expected to chart a new course for strengthened trilateral parliamentary cooperation.
The Speakers and their parliamentary delegations will also visit Lahore, where they will lay a floral wreath at the Mausoleum of the great philosopher-poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal.