Support for Palestine
The meetings were held as part of the 38th Executive Committee meeting of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU).
MP Zainab Abdulameer underlined the responsibility of Arab parliamentarians to support the Palestinian people, and expose rights violations.
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