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Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly (parliament) Marzouq Al-Ghanim meets Ugandan counterpart Rebecca Kadaga
GENEVA, Feb 8 (KUNA) -- Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly (parliament) Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim held talks on Friday with his Ugandan counterpart Rebecca Kadaga on the sidelines of the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.
The talks focused on the parliamentary cooperation between Kuwait and Uganda and coordination of stances of the Arab and African groups of states on the agenda topics of the committee meeting.
Al-Ghasnim represents the Arab geopolitical group of states at the meeting while Kadaga represents the African one.
The first meeting of the preparatory committee for the conference is organized by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on February 8-9. (pickup previous)
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