Speaker of the Yemeni parliament to visit Kuwait next week

Well-informed diplomatic sources said on Sunday that the speaker of the Yemeni Parliament, Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar, will on April 10 hold a four-day visit to Kuwait.

The Yemeni official will be accompanied by a delegation including the minister of oil and mineral resources, Muhammad al-Khadem al-Wajih, the minister of communications, Ahmad al-Onsi, and several members of the Yemeni parliament.

The sources added that al-Ahmar will hold during this visit discussions with high-ranking Kuwaiti officials and will sign a parliamentary cooperation agreement including the setting up of a fraternity society between the Yemeni Parliament and the Kuwaiti Ummah Council (parliament) with the objective of facilitating contacts between the two parliaments.