A North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) senior official has reiterated the alliance’s keenness to reinforce its cooperation and relations with individual members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), through the Istanbul Cooperation Inititiave (ICI). He clarified that no decision on ideas circulating for the deepening ICI, such as for example a Nato-ICI centre...
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The foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) have agreed to reinforce their contacts and cooperation with Arab countries in North Africa and the Middle East.
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The procedures to dissolve Kuwait’s parliament were legally sound and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the constitution, a law expert has said. “The conditions when the parliament could be dissolved and the subsequent procedures including the call for electing a new parliament are clearly stipulated in the constitution,” Faisal Al Saraawi, the...
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Lawmakers in Bahrain’s lower chamber have warned that they would boycott next Tuesday’s session if a controversial MP is allowed to attend. Last month, the lower chamber voted, upon a recommendation from the legislative committee, to suspend MP Osama Muhanna for 20 sessions for reportedly threatening and insulting two fellow lawmakers, Ghanim Al Buainain...
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Innovation is vital for Arabs and Muslims keen on an active role in human progress, Qatar’s Emir has said. “For us innovation is not only part of our values and culture, it is a vital necessity that is indispensable if we as Arabs or Muslims want to assume a place in designing and structuring...
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