28 March 2016 

PUIC Member Parliaments, participating in the 134th Assembly of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU), held its regular Consultative Meeting, chaired by H.E. Mr. Atef Tarawaneh, Speaker if the Jordanian House of Representatives, on Thursday 19 March 2016, in Lusaka, Capital of the Republic of Zambia.
The Meeting, held on the sidelines of the IPU Assembly, was attended by a large number of delegates of PUIC Member Parliaments. Deliberations focused on ways to develop the work of the Union as well as the Emergency Item which would be included in IPU agenda. The attendees formed a committee headed by the chairman and membership of representatives of the parliaments of the Sudan, Morocco, Mozambique and Palestine, aimed at settling the issue of the Emergency Item.
Meanwhile, the PUIC Secretary General H.E. Prof. Mahmud Erol KILIC, met with parliamentary delegations and discussed with them cooperation and coordination between the PUIC and their august Parliaments in matters of common concern. His Excellency met with the PA CIS Secretary General. The two sides discussed consolidating cooperation between the two organizations.