DOHA: Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem meets Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. - KUNA photos

DOHA: Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem met yesterday with Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Chairman of the Qatari Shura Council Ahmad Al-Mahmoud during an official visit to the Gulf country. Ghanem conveyed to the Qatari Amir a verbal message from Kuwait's Amir His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in which His Highness underscored the strong brotherly ties between Kuwait and Qatar, and recent regional developments.

Ghanem also conveyed His Highness's best wishes for Qatar and prayers for more evolution and prosperity. In reply, the Qatari Amir expressed his appreciation for His Highness the Amir of Kuwait's sincere sentiments wishing him a life filled with health and happiness.

Later on, Speaker Ghanem held talks with his Qatari counterpart, Chairman of the Consultative Assembly of Qatar Ahmad bin Abdullah Al-Mahmud, in which they discussed ways of bolstering parliamentary cooperation between the two countries and raising the level of coordination in the upcoming international parliamentary events. Furthermore, the two sides also mentioned topics to be discussed in the next Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting and the importance of finding an Arab-Islamic agreement on those matters. - KUNA

Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem meets Chairman of the Consultative Assembly of Qatar Ahmad bin Abdullah Al-Mahmud.