Samarraie arrives in Kuwait on official visit

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Parliament Speaker Iyad al-Samarraie arrived in Kuwait on an official visit at the invitation of his Kuwaiti counterpart Jassem al-Kharafi on Saturday to discuss means to further bilateral relations between the two sides, according to the Samarraie’s spokesman. “The visit comes upon an invitation and an agreement with the Kuwaiti parliament speakers during a meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) parliaments speakers meeting,” Omar al-Mashhadani told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Samarraie’s visit to Kuwait comes at the onset of a tour he would start to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to meet with the speakers of parliaments there,” he said, adding the tour offers a good opportunity to enhance relations with GCC nations. AmR (P) 1