Bahrain committed to boosting cooperation with IPU

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain is keen to strengthen legislative cooperation and partnerships with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) that support development plans and programmes.

Shura Council Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh yesterday received IPU President Duarte Pacheco.

Al Saleh praised the pivotal role played by the IPU in organising global parliaments meetings and stressed the great outcomes of exchanging expertise, learning the best parliamentary practices, and strengthening bonds between members of parliaments.

The Shura head welcomed the convening of the meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 2023, praising the high potentials that Bahrain possesses for hosting and organising various international conferences.

Pacheco praised the high-level development witnessed by the Kingdom that confirmed the continued progress and praised the high potential of Bahrain in hosting IPU 2023 meetings.

He expressed appreciation to the chairman for his interest in enhancing IPU’s international role.

Legislative achievements

Al Saleh expressed pride in the Kingdom’s democratic march under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, which has achieved multiple and advanced legislative achievements regionally and internationally.

The chairman stressed that since HM the King’s reform project and the legislative branch has been keen to build parliamentary cooperation to consolidate common denominators between peoples and states and work according to the principles and values of coexistence and tolerance.

He referred to the close cooperation between the legislative branch and the government headed by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, which contributed to the national achievements in the Kingdom