The Chairman of the Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament), Rustam Emomali, who is also the Mayor of Dushanbe, flew to St. Petersburg Thursday morning to participate in the 58th plenary session of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (IPA CIS), according to the Dushanbe City Hall.

The heads of the committees of the lower house of parliament and other official representatives are accompanying him on his trip to St. Petersburg.

On April 18, the heads of parliaments, deputies, and senators from CIS countries will take part in the solemn ceremony of laying flowers and wreaths at the Piskarev Memorial Cemetery.  After that, the 58th plenary session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the CIS will take place at the Tauride Palace.

At the session, CIS parliamentarians will summarize the work done in 2024 and discuss preparations for upcoming international summits.

On the same day, the distinguished guests of the Assembly will take part in the ceremonial session of the IPA CIS, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

According to the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, an international conference will be held within the session on the topic "Legislative Regulation of Counteracting the Use of Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies for Terrorist Purposes."

The threats associated with the use of AI for terrorist purposes will be discussed, as well as the search for a balance between security and innovation.  Discussions will take place during the meetings of the Joint Commission on Harmonizing Legislation in the Field of Security, as well as the permanent commissions on defense and security issues, political issues, and international cooperation.

The IPA CIS is a parliamentary assembly for delegations from the national parliaments of the member countries of the CIS.  The IPA CIS was established on March 27, 1992 in Almaty (Kazakhstan) under the terms of the Agreement signed by Heads of founding parliaments.  On May 26, 1995, CIS leaders signed the Convention on the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States] eventually ratified by nine CIS parliaments.  The overarching mission is law-making and alignment of national laws in the CIS.  The IPA is housed in the Tauride Palace in a historical landmark of Saint Petersburg.

The IPA CIS acts as the consultative parliamentary body of the CIS established to discuss problems of parliamentary cooperation.  Its activity concentrates on the development of the model legislation, which could then be implemented by the Member States on the voluntary basis, and serve as a tool of dissemination of the best practices across the CIS.  The Assembly is involved in the development of integration processes in the CIS.  The IPA CIS regularly hosts specialized conferences, seminars and symposiums, which provide a platform for debate of the governmental and non-governmental actors.  Another mission of the IPA CIS is election monitoring.