Pak lawmakers laud Kuwait’s vital role in APA

ISLAMABAD, July 28, (KUNA): Pakistan’s parliamentarians, including Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed and Sherry Rehman, lauded Kuwait’s significant and vital role in the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA).

“Kuwait is an active participant of the APA and it has always been vocal on political and humanitarian issues of the region. We consider the participation of Kuwait vital for the association to reshape the future of Asia from Kuwait to Korea,” Syed told KUNA Wednesday.

Syed also described His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s policies as “very progressive and supportive” of APA’s vision to increase the cooperation among Asian countries.

Earlier, Chairman Senate of Pakistan Raza Rabbani met with Kuwait’s participating delegation at the APA, including MPs Humoud Al-Hamdan and Dr. Khalil Abdullah, and discussed with them matters of mutual interests and measures to control the climate change.

Rabbani also extended his greetings to His Highness the Amir, and sent an official invitation to Kuwait Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim to visit Pakistan.

Meanwhile, the APA meeting of Standing Committee on Economic and Sustainable Development Affairs concluded today following adoption of the final report.

During the two-day meeting, delegates from 19 countries, including Kuwait, elected Cambodia as the new President, where Jordan and Maldives were elected as the Vice Chairperson and Rapporteur respectively for the Standing Committee meeting.

The participants also presented and discussed APA Secretary General Progress report on implementation of the present resolutions and considerations of proposals presented by member parliaments.

The adopted final report included financial affair subjects, the role of APA to adopt legislation in supporting the sustainable development goals, Asian integrated energy market, environmental issues, and poverty eradication.