Shura Council participates in Arab Parliament meetings in Cairo

Cairo: The Shura Council on Sunday participated in the first plenary meeting of the first session of the fourth legislative term of the Arab Parliamen...

Cairo: The Shura Council on Sunday participated in the first plenary meeting of the first session of the fourth legislative term of the Arab Parliament at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League in Cairo.

The Council was represented in the meeting by HE Shaikha bint Yousef Al Jufairi, HE Issa bin Ahmed Al Nasr, HE Salem bin Rashid Al Muraikhi, and HE Hamad bin Abdullah Al Mulla, members of the Shura Council and members of the Arab Parliament.

The session discussed the overall developments and a number of Arab issues, in addition to the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories. It also reviewed the reports of the standing committees and a number of topics related to strengthening joint Arab action.

The session adopted a draft decision on the situation in Palestine and the occupied Arab territories, which included the Arab Parliament's affirmation of the right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state with its capital in East Jerusalem, which is an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territories.