Sorour talks with Emirates officials

Dubai Crown Prince and Defence Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Muhammad Ben Rashid Al Maktoum met on Tuesday with Egyptian People's Assembly Speaker Ahmed Fathi Sorour and his accompanying delegation.

Sorour visited the UAE to take part in meetings of the Arab Parliamentary Union (APU).

They reviewed conditions in the Arab world and the outcome of meetings of APU which wound up in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Sorour voiced Egypt's desire to promote cooperation with the UAE in the economic and investment domains.

In statements to the UAE news agency (WAM), Sorour paid tribute to the comprehensive renaissance in UAE.

Furthermore PA Speaker and his accompanying delegation returned home on Tuesday evening from Abu Dhabi after having chaired meetings of the 38th session of the Arab Parliamentary Union (-APU) Council.

On return, the top lawmaker said the APU council agreed on holding an extraordinary session in Cairo in June to review steps for the realization of the sought-after Arab common market.

Abu Dhabi meetings were successful, Sorour said. The Abu Dhabi declaration condemned the Israeli perpetrations against the unarmed Palestinian people, demanding an Israeli pullback from all occupied Arab lands.