AIPU's Executive Committee holds 18th session in Beirut
Date
1/17/2016 8:59:55 AM
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) BEIRUT Jan 17 (KUNA) -- The Executive Committee of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) started its 18th session in Beirut on Sunday chaired by Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Parliamentary Caucus MP Faisal Al-Shayea.The agenda of the 18th session includes a host of items topped with hand-over of the AIPU Secretariat from outgoing Secretary General Nour Eddine Bouchkouj to elected Fayez Al-Shawabka Al-Shayea told KUNA on the sidelines of the gathering.Participants will also address preparations for the coming AIPU conference.The session will also discuss a program for honoring prominent parliamentarians who have played a significant role in the AIPU with Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim on top besides the Assembly's Secretariat and head of the Executive Committee.Al-Shayea underscored the significant role AIPU has been playing as a collective framework for representatives of the Arab states amid the hazardous developments in the region.He also called for a unified Arab view to fight the menaces posing threats to the region mainly terrorism and war and the ensued killings and homelessness in many Arab countries.The two-day session is also attended by Kuwaiti MPs Saleh Ashour and Seif Al-Azmi together with representatives of eight more Arab parliaments Lebanon Jordan Iraq Palestine Sudan Morocco Syria and Oman. (end) mah.wsm.msa
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