Speaker of the Shura Council H E Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim with the visiting speakers of parliamentary councils and officials, yesterday.
Doha: Speaker of the Shura Council H E Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim held a meeting yesterday with several speakers of parliamentary councils and parliamentary officials, who are currently visiting the country to attend the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 opening ceremony.
The meeting included Chairman of Shura Council of the sisterly Sultanate of Oman HE Sheikh Khalid bin Hilal Al-Mawali, Speaker of the National Council of the sisterly State of Palestine HE Rawhi Fattouh, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union HE Duarte Pacheco, Head of Parliamentary Group of the Presidential Third at the Council of the Nation (Upper House) of the sisterly Republic of Algeria HE Saed Arous, President of the France-Gulf States Friendship Group at the French Senate HE Olivier Cadic and Inter-Parliamentary Union Senior Adviser HE Mokhtar Omar.
At the onset of the meeting, HE Speaker of the Shura Council welcomed the country’s guests, expressing his thanks for their participation in this global sporting event, which among its multiple objectives, seeks to foster rapprochement among peoples and deepen the bonds of fraternity and friendship.
For their part, speakers of parliamentary councils expressed their thanks to the State of Qatar- government and people- for the generous welcome, good reception and generosity, lauding the renaissance being witnessed by the State of Qatar.
They also impressed by the preparations and facilitations made on the ground to embrace the tournament, wishing the State of Qatar all success in hosting this event.
During the meeting, a range of topics related to the parliamentary action and ways to promote the parliamentary relations were discussed.