The Speaker of the Federal National Council appealed to Arab parliamentarians yesterday to get serious about regional economic integration, urging them to draft specific proposals that could be considered by next year.
Abdul Aziz al Ghurair, the FNC Speaker, said in a speech to the 15th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union conference in Muscat: “We are in dire need of turning the slogan of Arab solidarity into practical programmes and policies. For two decades our Inter-Parliamentary Union has put solidarity on its agenda, but this never leads to any real development or tangible steps.”
He called on participants to prepare suggestions for moving ahead with economic integration that could be presented at their next conference, in 2010.
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