🗓 Chairwoman of Russia's Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko congratulated the Heads of a number of parliaments and international organisations on International Day of Parliamentarism. In her letters to the heads of parliamentary chambers of #CIS and #BRICS countries, as well as friendly states, Chairwoman of Russia's Federation Council emphasised the commitment to expanding ties and deepening interparliamentary cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral formats. According to Valentina Matviyenko, amid global instability, parliamentary diplomacy is becoming increasingly important as a means of strengthening international relations, building a fair #MultipolarWorld, and addressing pressing global and regional issues. 🇧🇾 In her congratulatory message to Chairwoman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Natalya Kochanova, Valentina Matviyenko noted that the 13th Forum of Regions of Belarus and Russia, held late last week, once again confirmed the strength of #RussiaBelarus relations and the enormous potential for their development. 🇨🇳 In her message to Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China Zhao Leji, Valentina Matviyenko expressed readiness to continue close joint work with Chinese colleagues to strengthen #RussiaChina ties and further expand strategic cooperation at international platforms, including the BRICS Parliamentary Forum. 🇮🇳 In her message to Vice President of the Republic of India and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan, Valentina Matviyenko expressed hope that India’s current BRICS Chairship would help ensure responsible and constructive global partnership between the association’s member states. 🇮🇷 In her congratulatory message to Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Valentina Matviyenko reaffirmed the unwavering commitment to further practical development of bilateral parliamentary dialogue, which contributes to strengthening the comprehensive #RussiaIran strategic partnership. ✉️ In her letter to President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Tulia Ackson ,Valentina Matviyenko noted that the establishment of International Day of Parliamentarism in 2018 at the initiative of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the CIS and the Inter-Parliamentary Union was a recognition of the special role of parliaments in strengthening international cooperation. The idea of establishing the observance was put forward by Russian parliamentarians and supported by their colleagues in the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly. Members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union endorsed the initiative at the 137th IPU Assembly in St Petersburg in October 2017. The UN General Assembly resolution establishing International Day of Parliamentarism was adopted in May 2018.