Azerbaijan values the cooperation with NATO in inter-parliamentary dimension. In 1999 Azerbaijan was granted observer status during NATO Parliamentary Assembly Session held in Poland and a decision on granting Azerbaijan an associate member status has been adopted in 2002.

The delegation of Azerbaijan, being represented by MP’s of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan in NATO PA, participates in the plenary sessions, committees and sub-committee meetings and Rose-Roth seminars of NATO PA.

Over the past 30 years, Azerbaijan contributed to fostering Azerbaijan-NATO PA cooperation by being involved in discussions on transatlantic security affairs, inter alia international cooperation against terrorism, security sector reform, developing military interoperability, and energy security.

The mutual visits, meetings, consultations and deliberations at various levels on the issues of common interest are an important component of partnership between Azerbaijan and NATO PA.

During the visit of the NATO PA Sub-Committee on East-West Economic Co-operation and Convergence to Azerbaijan on 12-14 May 1999, NATO PA delegates and Azerbaijani officials discussed the security issues, energy security and Azerbaijan’s energy policy.

The President of NATO PA Rafael Estrella (Spain) together with the Assembly Secretary General, Simon Lunn, visited Azerbaijan on 17-19 January, 2002. The visit has played an important role in shifting Azerbaijan’s membership in NATO PA from observer status into associate member status.

Following the NATO PA President’s visit, fifteen members of the NATO PA Sub-Committee on Democratic Governance of the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security visited Azerbaijan on 16-17 September, 2002. The visit took place on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, by the invitation of the Milli Mejlis of Azerbaijan. The NATO PA delegates held discussions on Azerbaijan-NATO and NATO PA relations, possibility of granting Azerbaijan associate membership at the NATO PA, as well as regional security issues.

NATO PA President Jose Lello visited Azerbaijan in March 2008 on the eve of the 68th Rose-Roth Seminar dedicated to the "Security in the Caspian Region". During the visit, Mr. Lello held meetings with the President of Azerbaijan, the Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers and exchanged views on regional security issues.

Delegation of the Subcommittee on NATO Partnerships of the NATO PA Political Committee visited Azerbaijan on 12-14 April, 2010 and held meetings with senior officials, including Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to NATO PA. Delegation also visited the Peacekeeping Battalion of Azerbaijan. During the visit, the sides exchanged views on Azerbaijan-NATO relations, regional security and energy security issues.

Delegation of the Subcommittee on Transition and Development of the NATO PA Committee for Economic and Security Affairs led by the President of the Assembly, Paolo Alli visited Azerbaijan on 12-14 September 2018. During the visit, the President of the Assembly met with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and discussed the NATO-Azerbaijan cooperation, issues of regional security and stability, as well as energy security.

Azerbaijan actively involved in NATO PA Rose-Roth seminars held in other states by its MPs.

Along with this, Azerbaijan has hosted three such seminars - the 58th NATO PA Rose-Roth Seminar on “Security in the South Caucasus” in 2004, the 68th NATO PA Rose-Roth Seminar on “Security in Caspian Region” in 2008 and the 85th NATO PA Rose-Roth Seminar on “South Caucasus: Challenges and Opportunities” in 2014. Azerbaijan’s foreign and security priorities, defence and security sector reforms in Azerbaijan, NATO-Azerbaijan relations and its perspectives, energy security and new opportunities in the Caucasus and Caspian regions, Afghanistan post-2014 and other related issues have been among the top issues discussed during the seminar.

 Along with this, Azerbaijan actively interacts with Allies in NATO PA on crucial topics such as energy security, protection of critical energy infrastructure, humanitarian demining, climate change, green energy transition, and cyber security that are relevant in the context of today's challenges to NATO's Allies and partners.

A vivid example of successful cooperation of Azerbaijan with the NATO PA is the recognition by the Assembly of the valuable role of Azerbaijan in ensuring the energy security of NATO Allies, which is enshrined in several reports of the Assembly.