Italian, Arab parliaments agree to strengthen tiesROME: The Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Arab Parliament have pledged to work to strengthen Italian-Arab parliamentary relations, and will organize a forum for parliamentary diplomacy. Adel bin Abdul Rahman Al-Asoomi, president of the Arab Parliament — the legislative body of the Arab League — met in Rome with Roberto Fico, the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Parliament. We’ll soon launch initiatives that will strengthen and deepen Italian-Arab parliamentary relations, which in the past were quite weak. “While between Italy and the Arab world there are already very strong cultural and economic relations, parliamentary ties aren’t as strong,” said Al-Asoomi. “We’ll take tangible steps toward initiatives for the good of Italy and the Arab world.”Fico said they also discussed developments in Libya and Palestine.

Source: Libya Today November 24, 2021 17:06 UTC