African - Arab parliaments to increase cooperation, conference in Tunis

Works of the 9th African - Arab parliamentary conference began yesterday in headquarter of the Tunisian parliamentary council under the auspices of the Tunisian President Zein El-Abidin Bin Ali.

The conference discusses the economic and political positions of the Arab and African countries and the Arab-African cooperation in order to use the natural resources in Africa and in the Arab world.

Works of the conference also tackled the initiative of the Tunisian president concerning establishing an international fund for solidarity.

The Arab and African parliamentries are to discuss during the conference which is concluding its works tomorrow means of making mechanisms for communication among the member parliaments in the Arab parliamentary union and the African parliamentary union.