Advisory Council Speaker reviews relations at IPU meet

DOHA: The Speaker of the Advisory Council, H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud, participated in the 203rd session of the Governing Council accompanying the meetings of 139th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) which began yesterday in Geneva.

The Speaker of the Advisory Council participated in the opening session, which discussed a number of issues, including proposals for the election of the president of the 139th Assembly, the financial situation of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and the draft programme and budget for 2019, in addition to the report of the IPU Secretary-General Martin Chungong on the activities of the IPU since the 202nd session of the Governing Council.

Issues related to the membership of the IPU 2017 and 2021 as well as amendments to the statute and rules of the IPU and the elections of the executive committee were also discussed.

The meeting was attended by a number of members of the Advisory Council and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva, Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri.

The Speaker also met separately with Duarte Pacheco, Chair of the Twelve Plus Group, European countries, Australia and Canada and head of the Portuguese delegation, Jacob Mudenda, President of the African Group, Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Wesley Simina, President of the Asia-Pacific Group and speaker of the Micronesia Parliament, on the sidelines of the meetings of 139th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

The meetings discussed relations between the State of Qatar and the Twelve Plus Group, European countries, Australia and Canada, the African Group and the Asia-Pacific Group and ways to support, develop and strengthen such relations, in addition to discussing the most important topics on the agenda of the 139th IPU General Assembly.

The Speaker of the Advisory Council met separately with the President of the French IPU Group, Sophie Errant; the member of the Executive Committee of the IPU, Oliveira Valente; the President of the Council of the Nation of Algeria, Abdelkhader Bensaleh; the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam and member of IPU Executive Committee, and Member of the Mexican Senate and head of the delegation, Salomon Jara Cruz.

The meetings discussed the parliamentary relations between the State of Qatar and each of the French IPU Group, the IPU Executive Committee, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the United Mexican States, and ways of enhancing them, in addition to the most important topics listed on the agenda of the 139th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

اجتمع سعادة السيد أحمد بن عبدالله بن زيد آل محمود رئيس مجلس الشورى أمس، مع سعادة السيد دوراتي باشيكو رئيس مجموعة الـ 12 + الدول الأوروبية وأستراليا وكندا ورئيس الوفد البرتغالي، وسعادة السيد جاكوب مودندا رئيس المجموعة الإفريقية ورئيس برلمان زيمبابوي، وسعادة السيد وسلى سيمينا رئيس مجموعة آسيا والمحيط الهادي (الباسفيك) ورئيس برلمان ميكرونيسيا، كل على حدة، وذلك على هامش أعمال اجتماعات الجمعية العامة الـ 139 للاتحاد البرلماني الدولي.

وجرى خلال الاجتماعات بحث العلاقات البرلمانية القائمة بين دولة قطر وكل من مجموعة الـ 12+ الدول الأوروبية وأستراليا وكندا، والمجموعة الإفريقية، ومجموعة آسيا والمحيط الهادي (الباسفيك) وسبل دعمها وتطويرها وتعزيزها، إضافة إلى مناقشة أهم المواضيع المدرجة على جدول أعمال اجتماعات الجمعية العامة الـ 139 للاتحاد البرلماني الدولي.

حضر الاجتماعات عدد من أعضاء مجلس الشورى.;