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Hon. Manzoor Nadir, MP, Speaker of the National Assembly, on 30^th November, 2020, attended a virtual coordination meeting with Parliamentary Delegations from the Amazonian countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela).

The meeting, which saw more than 50 delegates from all eight countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), focused on the “Reactivation of the Amazonia Parliament (PARLAMAZ)”. While this initiative found favour with and saw commitments from many of the delegates present, Hon. Speaker Nadir indicated that the decision to become a Member of the reactivated PARLAMAZ has to be made at the level of the Parliamentary Management Committee of the Parliament of Guyana, where Members of both the Government and the Opposition sit. Speaker Nadir promised that the Committee would give serious consideration to the initiative.

Following contributions from each Parliament represented at the meeting, the meeting concluded with a majority decision to have a follow-up meeting, scheduled for December, 2020, to formalise the reactivation of PARLAMAZ.

An invitation to the meeting was extended to the Parliament of Guyana by the President of the Commission on Foreign Affairs and National Defense of the Federal Senate of Brazil, Hon. Senator Nelsinho Trad.