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Al-Ghanim leaves for Vietnam to attend IPU's 132nd Assembly

KUWAIT, March 26 (KUNA) -- Led by National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim, a Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation left for Vietnam Thursday to participate in the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, Hanoi, 28 March-1 April.
The Kuwaiti delegation was seen off at the airport by Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Mubarak Al-Khurainej, Minister of Public Works, Minister of Electricity and Water, and acting Minister of Oil Ahmad Al-Jassar, Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao, Assistant Secretary General for MP Affairs, Public Relations and Media Sami Al-Shaya, Assistant Secretary General for Sessions Affairs Jumaa Al-Shatti, and a number of General Secretariat's senior officials.
The delegation includes MPs Faisal Al Shaya, Dr. Awda Al-Rowaey, Saleh Ashour, Dr. Khalil Abdullah, Saif Al-Azmi and Madi Al-Hajri, and National Assembly Secretary-General Allam Al-Kandari.
Kuwait's chief parliamentarian will preside over a coordination meeting for the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) on the sidelines of the Assembly, in his capacity as AIPU's president.
He will also take part in similar Gulf, Asian and Islamic meetings for coordination over topics on the agenda of the IPU's Assembly.
The Kuwaiti delegation will participate in meetings of the Assembly's Standing Committees on Peace and International Security; Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade; Democracy and Human Rights and UN Affairs.
Participants will elect a President and Vice-Presidents of the 132nd Assembly.
The agenda of the IPU's 132nd Assembly and the 196th Session of the Governing Council includes reviewing reports by standing committees and approval of the subject items for the Standing Committee on Peace and International Security and the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade for the 134th Assembly and appointment of the Rapporteurs.
Discussions will cover: cyber warfare - a serious threat to peace and global security; shaping a new system of water governance: promoting parliamentary action on water and International law as it relates to national sovereignty, non-intervention in the internal affairs of states and human rights. (end) mah.ma