Natalya Kochanova, Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, and Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia, held a meeting on the sidelines of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in Bishkek on 16 November.
"We really became good friends. We have built good and friendly relations at the parliamentary level and the state level. There are good relations between our presidents who genuinely care of their peoples, their countries. This is worth a lot," Natalya Kochanova said.
Speaker of the Council of the Republic Natalya Kochanova has been awarded the Order of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly "Commonwealth" for services to the Assembly, friendship between the peoples of the CIS countries.