The Parliamentary Division of the Federal National Council, FNC, of the UAE will participate in the opening session of the second round of the second legislative chapter of the Arab Parliament, which is to be held between 29th and 31st October.

The meeting will be chaired by Mishaal bin Fahm Al-Salami, Speaker of the Arab Parliament. The delegation of the FNC's Parliamentary Division will include Jassim Abdullah Al Naqbi, Member of the Legislative, Legal and Human Rights Committee; Khalid Ali bin Zayed Al Falasi, Member of the Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs; Aisha Salem bin Samnoh, Member of the Committee on Social and Cultural Affairs, Women and Youth, and Mohammed Ahmed Al Yamahi, Member of the Foreign Affairs and Political Affairs and National Security Committee.

Ahmed Shabib Al Dhaheri, Secretary-General of the FNC, will also be present. The four committees of the Arab Parliament will hold their meeting on 29th and 30th October, where they will discuss their achievements in legislative and legal areas, human rights, Arab national security, political integration, relevant legislation, unified Arab laws and other topics.

On the sidelines of the meetings of the Arab Parliament, the meetings of its sub-committees will be held on its draft budget for the 2018 fiscal year. The Palestine Committee will also discuss the actions of the Arab Parliament to support the Palestinian cause and urge African countries to not participate in the Africa-Israel Summit, which is due to be held in the Republic of Togo during October.