Abdel Aal presides over coordination meeting of Arab Group in IPU

CAIRO– 14 October 2017: Egyptian Parliament Speaker Ali Abdel Aal chaired Saturday the coordination meeting of the Arab Group in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on behalf of the Moroccan Parliament Speaker and President of the Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) al Habib al Maliki.

This comes within the framework of the meetings of 137th assembly currently held in the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

The meeting took up coordinating Arab stances towards the issues listed on the agenda of the IPU's meetings.

The issues are topped by supporting one of the Arab nominees to head the IPU where its elections will be held during this session as well as the violence practiced against Rohingya in Myanmar.

During the meeting, Abdel Aal delivered a speech on the activities of the IPU executive committee represented by the work group tasked with finding a solution to the Syrian crisis.

The statement took up also the IPU budget.