Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy

The Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (Greek: Διακοινοβουλευτική Συνέλευση Ορθοδοξίας, Russian: Межпарламентская Ассамблея Православия), or I.A.O., is a transnational, inter-parliamentary institution that in 1994 was originally established as the European Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (EIAO).

[2] On 19 May 2010, a cooperation agreement with the Pan-African Parliament was signed by PUIC's President Idriss Ndele Moussa and I.A.O.

's Secretary-General Anastasios Nerantzis[4] Massive protests broke out during the 2019 General Assembly in Tbilisi, Georgia, after the chairman of the assembly, a Russian communist named Sergei Gavrilov, made a number of public statements that were viewed by the Georgian public as denigrating Georgian sovereignty.

It is headed by the Secretary-General, the Alternate Secretary and the Treasurer, and consists of an additional six members from various countries.

[8] As of 2020, the leadership consists of: International Secretariat representatives: As of 2020, the following committees are led by: The Assembly currently consists of parliamentary committees of 21 countries, mostly from Eastern Europe, including:[8] Additionally, delegations from Africa, Asia, Australia, the European Union, and the United States have been participating in the Assembly.

I.A.O. delegation headed by Sergei Popov (c.) meeting Greek Alternate Minister of European Affairs Nikos Hountis (r.)