Istanbul, April 16 (QNA) - HE Speaker of the Shura Council Hassan bin Abdullah Al Ghanim held two bilateral meetings with with HE Speaker of the National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and HE Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, Milton Dick. The meetings were held on the marin of His Excellency's participation in the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), currently underway in Istanbul.

Discussion during the two meetings, dealt with existing parliamentary cooperation relations between Qatar and both Pakistan and Australia, and ways to enhance them. The meetings also reviewed several topics on the agenda of the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and exchanged views on them, including the emergency item and ways to garner support for it. (QNA)