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Returning to the question of what exactly is the international activity of parliamentary institutions
(often called ‘parliamentary diplomacy’ (Stavridis 2002)), the answer does not seem to be entirely
straightforward, partly as a result of the diversity of forms and goals of engagement (Šabič 2008). As
far as forms of engagement go, we distinguish cooperation on the level of (1) houses of parliament
operating in pleno, (2) the chairs or speakers of these bodies, (3) parliamentary committees, and (4)
bilateral parliamentary groups (Florczak-Wątor & Czarny 2012: 52). Puzyna has offered a different
typology, according to which six types of entities can &RF