Al-Ghanim heads to Morocco for Al-Aqsa AIPU emergency session
Meet to discuss ongoing escalation in Jerusalem
KUWAIT CITY, July 26, (KUNA): National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim departed on Wednesday to Rabat, Morocco to head the Kuwaiti delegation attending the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) emergency session on Al-Aqsa.
Al-Ghanim will address the AIPU in its emergency session on the ongoing escalation in Jerusalem, and violations made towards worshippers, Al-Dostoor, the Kuwaiti Parliament mouthpiece said in a statement.
Al-Ghanim was seen off at the airport by Minister of Justice and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Dr Faleh Al-Azb, Moroccan Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Jaafar Hakim and Acting Secretary- General, Eman Ali Al-Baddah.
Earlier, Speaker Al-Ghanim called for an emergency AIPU session on Al-Aqsa, he made the call in a letter to AIPU current President Habib El Malki, who is also Speaker of the Moroccan House of Representatives.
The Kuwaiti delegation consists of Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received the Kuwait
Aircraft Engineers and Pilots Association chief at Bayan Palace on Wednesday. (KUNA)
Parliamentary Caucus MP Rakan Al-Nesf, the Secretary of the Kuwaiti Parliamentary Caucus Dr Ouda Al-Ruwai’e, Treasurer Walid Al-Tabtabaei, the executive committee member of the parliamentary caucus Dr Khalil Abdullah Abul, in addition to the Assembly’s Secretary-General Allam Al-Kandari.
The Arab
Above: National Assembly Speaker Al-Ghanim being seen off at the Kuwait International Airport.
Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) will hold an urgent conference on Thursday to discuss “stark Israeli breaches” to the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque, it said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the AIPU said the conference would be held amid “exceptional circumstances” and condemned Israel for its recent prevention of worshippers from attending Friday prayers.
These actions represent a clear breach of international law, a provocation of the emotions of Muslims and are an infringement upon the rights of the Palestinian people, said the AIPU.
Arab lawmakers will discuss the issue alongside the Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abulgheit at the conference, which will result in a communique and a set of recommendations, the statement added.