The Arab Parliament will hold on Saturday a conference in which senior leaders will participate at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo.
The conference will be held as a recognition of the accuracy and seriousness of the current situation and challenges faced by the Arab nation, Speaker of the Parliament Dr. Meshal bin Fahmy al-Salami said in a statement on Tuesday.
He said all this necessitates unifying Arab ranks, discarding differences and boosting solidarity to achieve desired security, stability, development and renaissance in the Arab region.
Salami pointed out that the participating leaders in the conference aim at developing an Arab document along with the Parliament as they have deep knowledge and great experience in the field of joint Arab action.
He added that the document is to be submitted to the Council of the Arab League at the summit level at its next meeting, which is scheduled to be held in Tunisia in March.
The conference will be attended by a number of current and former senior officials as well as a number of senior Arab media figures and intellectuals.
Among the participants are former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel and Prince Turki Al Faisal, chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Research along with six former premiers, who are Abdulaziz Belkhadem of Algeria, Dr. Iyad Allawi of Iraq, Dr. Mahmoud Jibril of Libya, Dr Hani al-Mulqi of Jordan, Habib al-Seid of Tunisia and Dr. Ahmed bin Dagher of Yemen.
Moreover, Abdulhakim bin Chamash, chairman of the Council of Moroccan of Councilors, Mohammed Ibrahim al-Mutawa, Bahrain’s minister of cabinet affairs, Amr Moussa, former Arab League secretary-general, Professor Ibrahim Ghandour, former Sudanese foreign minister and Dr. Saeb Erekat, secretary of the executive committee and head of the negotiation department in the PLO, Dr. Ibtisam al-Ketbi, president of the Emirates policy center and Dr. Ayed al-Manna, Kuwaiti political researcher, will also attend the conference and participate in its activities.
