ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the People’s Majlis of the Maldives, HE Abdul Raheem Abdulla, led a parliamentary delegation to the Parliament House on Tuesday on an official visit to Pakistan. Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq warmly received the Maldivian Speaker upon his arrival.
The visiting parliamentary delegation called on Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and held discussions on bilateral relations between Pakistan and the Maldives, with particular emphasis on further promoting parliamentary linkages and cooperation between the two countries. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening parliamentary contacts and institutional cooperation between the two legislatures.
Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said the visit of the Maldivian parliamentary delegation would be an important step toward strengthening institutional linkages between the legislatures of Pakistan and the Maldives. He noted that Pakistan attaches great importance to its longstanding and friendly relations with the Maldives and expressed the desire to further expand parliamentary cooperation between the two countries.
The Speaker highlighted the role of the Pak-Maldives Parliamentary Friendship Group in promoting parliamentary contacts and cooperation between the two countries. He also noted that various parliamentarians’ forums, including the Young Parliamentary Forums, SDGs Secretariat, Women Parliamentary Caucus and Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights, are playing an active role in the National Assembly.
The Maldivian parliamentary delegation is visiting Pakistan at the invitation of Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. Speaker of the People’s Majlis HE Abdul Raheem Abdulla appreciated the goodwill sentiments expressed by the National Assembly Speaker towards the Maldives and thanked him for his support during the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference held in Cape Town.
HE Abdul Raheem Abdulla said that the Maldives attaches great importance to its friendly relations with Pakistan. He also thanked the Speaker of the National Assembly for the warm welcome accorded to him and the members of the parliamentary delegation upon their arrival in Pakistan.
Convener of the Pak-Maldives Parliamentary Friendship Group Ms Shaista Khan, along with Members of the National Assembly, participated in the meeting. MNAs Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar, Daniyal Chaudhary, Isphanyar M Bhandara and Asia Naz Tanoli, along with other women Members of the National Assembly, also attended the meeting.
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