Shura Council speaker meets UK parliament delegation
Shadow Economic Secretary (Treasury) Mark Garnier chaired the visiting delegation.
On the table were ways to foster bilateral parliamentary relations, along with a range of topics of mutual interest.
The two sides took stock of the latest developments in the Gaza Strip, with Al Ghanim stressing the need for parliaments to fulfil their moral and humanitarian role in mobilising efforts to halt the Israeli aggression on the enclave, obligating the occupying government to implement the provisions of international humanitarian law and all international conventions and resolutions, and ensuring a humanitarian aid access.
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