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Doha: The Shura Council held its regular weekly meeting under the chairpersonship of Speaker of the Council H E Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim, yesterday.
At the outset of the session, the Speaker briefed the members on the participation of a delegation headed by him in the 33rd emergency conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, which was held on Saturday under the title 'Al-Aqsa Mosque and all Islamic and Christian holy sites are our first priorities' in Cairo, Egypt.
In this context, the Speaker said that calling for this conference came to support the brotherly Palestinian people from the violations and aggression committed by the Israeli forces against them, pointing out that during the conference, he affirmed Qatar's solidarity with the people of Palestine and its strong condemnation of all aggressive operations perpetrated by the Israeli forces against them.
Represented by the Shura Council, Qatar has submitted a proposal to establish a committee to expose the Israeli violations and share them with the world's parliaments and the media, the Speaker added.
Afterwards, Secretary-General of the Shura Council H E Dr. Ahmed bin Nasser Al Fadhala read out the agenda of the session. The minutes of the previous session were ratified. During the session, the council reviewed a report of the Information and Cultural Affairs Committee on the Protection of the Arabic Language. After discussions, the Council took the appropriate decision in its regard, to complement the efforts made by the government.
The Council also approved a request to extend the work of the Services and Public Utilities Committee, to study Law No. 2 of 2007 on the Housing System, in consultation with the authorities concerned in the country.
Afterwards, the Speaker briefed the members on his meeting with Minister of State for External Affairs and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of India H E V. Muraleedharan, pointing out that during the meeting, they reviewed relations between Qatar and India and ways to enhance them, especially in areas of cooperation in the parliamentary field between the two countries.
The Council was also briefed on a report presented by member of the Council H E Dr. Ahmed bin Hamad Al Muhannadi on his participation in the first founding meeting of the High Level Parliamentary Working Group on Science and Technology, which was held in Cairo in March.
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