Bahrain diplomacy is key in promoting Arab relations: Speaker Zainal

TDT | Manama

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Representatives Council Speaker Fawzia bint Abdullah Zainal has lauded the active role of Bahrain’s diplomacy in promoting Arab relations, under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his directives to boost pan-Arab work and solidarity.

She affirmed that her current presidency of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union will comprise projects and meetings aimed at enhancing Arab cooperation to face challenges.

This came as Speaker Zainal received yesterday Bahraini Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, Wahid Mubarak Sayar, on the occasion of his appointment as Head of Bahrain’s diplomatic mission to Syria with the title Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.

The meeting was held in the presence of Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Security and National Defence Community, MP Isa Yousef Al Doseri.

The Speaker praised the experience of Ambassador Sayar in diplomatic work, wishing him every success.

The Bahraini Ambassador expressed utmost thanks and gratitude to Speaker Zainal for her tireless efforts to promote the role of Arab parliamentary diplomacy and boost Arab cooperation to achieve common interests and aspirations.

Parliamentary dialogue The Shura Council, led by Chairman Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh, has concluded its participation in the 11th Congress of the Association of Senates, Shoora and Equivalent Councils of Africa and the Arab World (ASSECAA) and the Parliamentary Dialogue Forum of Senates and Equivalent Councils of Africa, the Arab World, Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Rabat on March 3-5.

The participants in the parliamentary dialogue forum adopted the Shura Council Chairman’s proposal to name the communiqué as “the Declaration of Rabat, the Capital of South-South Cooperation.”

Al Saleh said that Morocco had succeeded in bringing together African, Arab, Lain American and Caribbean parliaments for the first time.

He commended the efforts exerted by Morocco to host the two meetings, and ensure their success.

He praised the recommendations of the two high-profile parliamentary meetings to enhance cooperation among the participating countries, especially in the development, economic and commercial fields.